MOSCOW, Feb 8: Haitian authorities have thwarted an attempt to stage a coup in the country, with President Jovenel Moise claiming there was an assassination plot, media report.
According to Haiti Libre, Moise said during a Sunday briefing that the country’s special services foiled a coup attempt and prevented his assassination.
Justice Minister Rockefeller Vincent said as cited by France 24 on Sunday that more than 20 people have been arrested, including a top judge and a police official.
The Haitian opposition has been igniting protests in the country, insisting that Moise’s five-year term ended on Sunday. The president maintains that he should be in office until February 2022, because an interim government occupied the first year of his term.
(AGENCIES)
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