Two Haiti leaders say they plan to proceed with PM removal despite US threats

FILE PHOTO: Haiti's Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime walks as he attends a Mass in honor of Pope Francis at Saint Pierre church in Petionville, Port-au-Prince, Haiti April 25, 2025. REUTERS/Jean Feguens Regala/File Photo

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan 23 (Reuters) - ‌Two of Haiti's leaders said on Friday they aimed to proceed with a plan to remove Prime Minister Alix Didier ‌Fils-Aime, despite U.S. warnings that such a move would face consequences.

"We are the ones who appointed Didier Fils-Aime in ‌November 2024. We are the ones who worked with him for a year, and it is up to us to issue a new decree naming a new prime minister, a new government and a new presidency," Transitional Presidential Council member Leslie Voltaire told a press conference.