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Paris, Feb 8 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Christophe Petit-Tesson) The French National Assembly on Monday debated the bill that "reinforces respect for republican principles" with which the French Government intends to fight the spread of Islamic radicalism in the country.FOOTAGE OF THE HAITIAN SUPREME COURT.
In a video statement, 72-year-old Judge Joseph Mecene Jean-Louis, says he "accept(s) the choice of the opposition and civil society, to serve (his) country as interim president for the transition" after Haitian opposition parties named the top judge as interim leader as the latest attempt to oust President Jovenel Moise, whose term they say has expired. SOUNDBITE
Port-au-Prince, Jul 12 (EFE).- Former Haitian opposition senators Youri Latortue and Steven Benoît gave statements Monday on the case of Jovenel Moise's killing, following the summons by the prosecutor Bed-Ford Claude. The prosecutor also summoned the business moguls Réginald Boulos and Dimitri Vorbe, as well as four of the chiefs police and military responsible for presidential security. (Camera: MARÍA MONTECELO).B-ROLL OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE PALACE OF JUSTICE IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI.
Port-au-Prince, Feb 8 (EFE).- The Haitian opposition challenged the authority of President Jovenel Moïse on Monday by declaring the end of his mandate and appointing an interim president, a day after the government denounced an alleged coup plot.The new president recognized only by the opposition is Judge Joseph Mécène Jean Louis of the country's Supreme Court, amid a growing dispute over when Moïse's term ends. (Camera: JEAN MARC HERVÉ ABELARD). SHOT LIST: CLASHES BETWEEN PROTESTERS AND POLICE AT CHAMPS MARS, NEAR THE NATIONAL PALACE, IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI.
Chad's transitional president, General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, casts his vote as polls open in a referendum on a new constitution, with the vote seen as a key step towards elections and the return of civilian rule promised, but postponed, by the ruling military junta. IMAGES
The US attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, announces during a press conference the arrest of four people over the July 7, 2021, assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. SOUNDBITE