Circular No. 019 on Measures Governing the Handling of Current Affairs Following the Government's Resignation
- The circular follows the resignation of the Government, triggering its constitutional mandate to limit itself to expediting current affairs (affaires courantes).
- Foreign travel by ministers and other senior state officials (Grands Commis de l'Etat) is suspended, except for urgent cases requiring special authorization.
- All new appointments and contract-based hiring in the public administration are prohibited during the caretaker period.
- Ministers and administrative authorities are instructed to exercise heightened vigilance in protecting state assets and the administration's public image through careful, prudent management.
Circular No. 019 was issued after the Government's resignation left it with the sole constitutional mandate of expediting current affairs (expédition des affaires courantes). It sets out measures that took immediate effect: ministers' and other senior state officials' foreign travel is suspended, with exceptions requiring special authorization only for urgent cases of imperative necessity for the State; and no new appointment or contract-based hire may be made anywhere in the public administration.
Ministers and the administrative authorities of the various government structures are also instructed to redouble their vigilance in protecting state assets and the administration's public image, through careful and prudent management during the caretaker period.
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Primature d'Haïti, 2018, Circular No. 019 on Measures Governing the Handling of Current Affairs Following the Government's Resignation, https://mef.gouv.ht/storage/app/uploads/public/622/3b6/bec/6223b6bec4f1c689563281.pdf