According to Haiti Libre, 58 deputies in the lower chamber of parliament have signed a declaration pledging their support for President Martelly. If the information is accurate and if the agreement lasts, then this would be a major boost for the president, who, to date, seems to have been powerless to act since his election.

However, Radio Kiskeya is reporting that the Senate has rejected the president’s most recent nomination for prime minister, Bernard Gousse. There are 30 senators, but a so-called ‘group of 16’, comprising mainly former President Préval’s supporters, had consistently opposed M. Gousse’s nomination. There had been rumours that the majority in the Chamber of Deputies would encourage various of the group of 16 senators to support President Martelly there. However, evidently this is did not happen.

Haiti has been without a government for three months.