⁍ Haitian President Jovenel Moise has appointed nine members to a provisional electoral council.

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⁍ The council is tasked with preparing a constitutional referendum and organizing local, municipal, legislative and presidential elections.

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⁍ Moise has ruled the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation by decree since mid-January.

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⁍ In recent weeks renewed protests against his leadership have flared up.

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– Haitian President Jovenel Moise has appointed nine members to a provisional electoral council tasked with preparing a constitutional referendum and organizing local, municipal, legislative, and presidential elections in the Caribbean country. The appointments to the provisional electoral council published in the government’s newspaper are unlikely to placate Moise’s opponents who argue he has failed to control corruption, crime, and economic decline, reports Reuters. An anti-government demonstration by Haitians calling for Moise’s ouster and other changes is planned for Sunday; earlier protests have often been violent and led to deaths. It is not clear what the constitutional referendum will entail but Moise has previously said the powers of the president needed to be strengthened. The United States government this week reiterated a strongly worded call for Moise and other political forces to work together and arrange the elections.