Haiti's elections postponed after electoral council dismissed

FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Ariel Henry signs a document at an office during the signing ceremony of the "Political Agreement for a peaceful and effective governance of the interim period" with the opposition in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. September 11, 2021. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's general election, which had been scheduled for Nov. 7, has been postponed after Prime Minister Ariel Henry dismissed the council that organizes elections, which many in the country had felt was too partisan.

Henry promised to appoint a new electoral council (CEP) that he said would be non-partisan and would set a new date for elections.