Haitian leader's widow blames political enemies as power struggle intensifies
A voice recording on Martine Moïse’s Twitter page accuses enemies of trying to stop democratic change
Guardian staff and agencies
Sun 11 Jul 2021 05.22 EDT
The widow of the murdered Haitian president Jovenel Moïse has accused shadowy enemies of organising his assassination to stop democratic change, as a struggle for power intensified in the Caribbean nation.
Haiti has been reeling since Moïse was gunned down early on Wednesday at his home in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Martine Moïse, who was wounded in the attack, said her husband was targeted for political reasons.
“You know who the president was fighting against,” a voice recording posted on her Twitter page said, without naming anybody.
“They sent mercenaries to kill the president at his home with members of his family because of roads, water, electricity and referendum as well as elections at the end of the year so that there is no transition in the country.”
“In the blink of an eye, the mercenaries entered my house and riddled my husband with bullets,” Moïse said in the recording, describing the moment the attackers killed her husband. “This act has no name because you have to be a limitless criminal to assassinate a president like Jovenel Moïse, without even giving him the chance to say a single word.”
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