Haitian President Jovenel Moïse died after being killed at his private residence on July 7 by a group of armed men. The night attack also seriously injured his wife, Martine Moïse, who was transferred to hospital for treatment. The country’s interim prime minister, Claude Joseph, called the attack a “hateful, inhuman and barbaric act”.
In a statement quoted in the media, Joseph said: “At around one in the morning, on the night of Tuesday July 6 to Wednesday July 7, 2021, a group of unidentified individuals, some of them speaking Spanish, attacked the private residence of the president and fatally injured the head of state. He also assured the country of more than 11 million inhabitants that the “security situation of the nation is under the control of the National Police of Haiti and the Armed Forces of Haiti. Democracy and the republic will win.
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The tragedy came as Haiti struggled with intense economic, political and social challenges. The country’s Port-au-Prince has also seen gang violence intensify sharply in the recent past. These woes come as the Caribbean country, which shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic to the east, is still recovering from the earthquake that hit it in 2010 and Hurricane Matthew in 2016.
Moses ruled the country by decree for more than two years after the country failed to hold legislative elections in 2019. But opposition leaders alleged he held the post through unfair means and also claimed demanded his resignation in recent months. General elections were due to be held later this year in Haiti, the world’s first black republic after its revolution against French rule.
Jovenel Moïse’s net worth
According to reports, in addition to being a politician, Moses was also an entrepreneur. Not much has been revealed about his wealth, but some reports have put his net worth at $ 4 million. He was born on June 26, 1968 in Trou du Nord, North East, Haiti, but later his family moved to Port-au-Prince. However, after marrying his wife in 1996, Moise moved to Port-de-Paix to work on the development of rural areas. He founded JOMAR Auto Parts. In 2012, he also launched AGRITRANS SA and helped build Haiti’s first agricultural free trade zone.
But Moïse had also already faced suspicions of money laundering just before taking office in 2017. At the time, it was said that a Haitian judge was investigating a report from the financial crimes unit of the government that accused Moses of laundering millions of local bank. The report also alleged that he received special treatment for receiving thousands of dollars in commercial loans.
The Central Financial Intelligence Unit (UCREF) report stated: “The deposits observed on this account are made in cash and are significant. We have observed several daily deposits of very large amounts, which exceed the threshold requiring a “declaration of origin of fundsâ€. We cannot justify the origin of these deposits because we do not yet have any supporting documents. “
But Moses dismissed the allegations and said, “I’m a hard-working entrepreneur. I started from scratch but have always acted with honesty and integrity. It is a political maneuver. It is a form of blackmail as we are about to form the government.
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