section_path: History (since 2023)/2024/Transitional Presidential Council
section_name: Transitional Presidential Council
paragraph_text: Transitional Presidential Council
  
  On 13 March, the Pitit Desalin party led by Jean-Charles Moïse withdrew from the transitional council to create its own council, slated to include Guy Philippe, who had called for amnesty for some in the gangs whose actions brought down the Henry government. One week later, after encouragement from "a big country", Moïse reversed course and decided to name Emmanuel Vertilaire, on advice from the National Network of Farmers. It was reported that Philippe had lost significant support in Haïti by early April. On 24 March, Dominique Dupuy, who had replaced the only other woman on the council (Marie Ghislaine Mompremier) four days earlier, resigned after receiving death threats and becoming the target of misogynistic comments. She was replaced by Smith Augustin.
  
  The seven members of the Transitional Presidential Council (French Conseil présidentiel de transition, CPT) were:
  
  In addition, there were two observers, Frinel Joseph and Régine Abraham.
  
  After weeks of negotiation, a deal was sent to CARICOM on 7 April for a temporary government whose mandate will end on 7 February 2026. One of the council's tasks was to select a prime minister, who could not be one of the members of the council or the provisional government.
  
  On 12 April 2024, the government published a decree in Le Moniteur officially creating the transitional council and specifying its mandate. The decree omitted the names of the representatives of the seven parties, subject to government confirmation. The next day, the council rejected the governmental decree and called upon the members of the resigning government to publish the council's original agreement without modification. Differences introduced in the government decree included that individuals are ineligible for appointment to the Council if they have been sanctioned by the United Nations, if they are under criminal indictment or have been found guilty of a crime in any jurisdiction, and that members must support the introduction of the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti. On 16 April, the government published a second order modifying the decree to include the names which had initially been proposed by the transitional council. The members were sworn in on 25 April.
  
  On 28 May, the Presidential Transitional Council held a meeting to choose the next prime minister. Garry Conille, who was briefly prime minister during the Martelly administration and worked as former UN Special Envoy Bill Clinton 's chief of staff, was unanimously designated by the six councillors present.