The widow of Haiti's slain President Jovenel Moïse
called on the international community to help track down those responsible for
gunning down her husband in a late night raid by suspected mercenaries at the
couple's home in July.
اضافة اعلان
Moïse's assassination plunged the Caribbean nation, already plagued by hunger and gang violence,
further into chaos, and triggered a hunt for the masterminds across the
Americas.
Wearing a black dress and sling following the injuries she
suffered during the attack, Martine Moïse told Reuters in a room flanked by
bodyguards on Monday that while Haitian authorities had made some advances, she
feared progress had slowed.
"I feel that the process is ... stalling a
little," she said. "The people that did this are still out there, and
I don't know if their name will ever be out. Every country that can help,
please help."
Nearly two months after the July 7
assassination of her
husband, key aspects of the murder remain shrouded in mystery. Haitian police
have arrested more than three dozen suspects, including 18 Colombian
mercenaries, an obscure Haitian-American doctor they say aspired to be
president, and the head of Moïse's security team.
But they have made public little in the way of evidence.
"Those people (they have arrested) did it, but someone
gave the orders, someone gave the money," Moïse told Reuters.
She said she had spoken twice with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) and felt they could "find the people that financed that odious
crime."
As security worries have dogged the investigation in Haiti,
one judge investigating the case stepped down, citing concerns for his safety.
First lady Moïse said Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry,
who is also now dealing with the aftermath of an August earthquake that killed
more than 2,000 people, must call for elections as soon as possible to ensure
stability.
"I think the advice that my husband would give him (is)
try to have an election. With the election you can have peace, you can think
long term," she said.
Elections initially slated for September have been postponed
until November, and some have speculated they could be delayed further
following the quake.
"If they want elections to happen, (they) will,"
said Moïse.
Moïse confirmed previous comments she had made in interviews
on her interest in running for president herself but said that she would take
care of her family first.
"I want to run for president. I won't let the vision of
the president die with him. With the earthquake too, there's a lot to be done
in Haiti," she said.
Haiti rumor mill
Amid the ongoing investigation and arrests, conspiracy
theories about the murder in Haiti have swirled for weeks.
Friends of the murdered president have told Reuters he
feared for his life immediately before he was killed.
His wife on Monday said he had not talked to her of a
specific plot against him.
"If he knew he would talk about it ... but he never
did," she said. "Because having Colombians, having soldiers here in
Haiti, they are here for something."
She denied social media rumors that Moïse had squirreled
away millions in cash in his official residence in the upscale suburb of
Petion-Ville.
"It is a president. There is some money. But the amount
of $48 million that I heard in social media, that can't be true. Where in the
room (can you stick) $48 million?"
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