Hti: Boniface Alexandre grabs the reins

Boniface Alexandre, the former head of the Supreme Court, swore in as interim President after Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigned last Sunday. He assured in a radio broadcast he wished to unite all the citizens because he was the "president of all the Haitians."

He also announced the appointment of Leon Charles as director of the national police to replace Jocelyne Pierre and stressed that the new head would be in charge of gathering all the forces of order and giving back trust to Haitians.

Alexandre requested local financial authorities to cancel every governmental account.

He vowed to carry out his new duties in the Presidential Palace in the following days.