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https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/13791
From: Cheryl Mills
To: Hillary Clinton
Date: 2009-10-26 03:44
Subject: HAITI'S PRIME MINISTER TARGETED FOR OUSTER BY LAWMAKERS - MIAMI HERALD
PORT-AU-PRINCE – With Haiti poised to enjoy the economic benefits of long-elusive stability, foreign diplomats are scrambling behind the scenes to keep it all from unraveling as several lawmakers derhand the ouster of the country's prime minister.
A small but powerful group of senators is seeking the removal of Prime Minister Miche`le Pierre-Louis –and possibly several of her ministers – on charges that she has moved too slowly to solve Haiti's problems.
The internal political maneuvering comes just three weeks after former U.S. President and U.N. Special Envoy to Haiti Bill Clinton led a historic trade mission here, triggering optimism that this land of seemingly missed opportunities may finally be turning around.
Before a gathering of 600 investors – 200 of them foreign – Clinton championed Haiti's stability, promising that the risks were the lowest they have ever been in a crisis-prone Haiti. Now, both Haitian and foreign observers fear that political differences could trigger a crisis and send potential investors packing.
On Monday, diplomats spent the day shuffling between meetings with President Rene Preval, and discussions with Pierre-Louis. The matter even warranted a weekend phone call to Preval from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Clinton spoke of her concerns and reiterated U.S. support for Pierre-Louis, according to several sources privy to the conversation.
Preval, in turn, told Clinton that he was not behind the move to oust Pierre-Louis and has no control over the lawmakers. Critics disagree, pointing out that following the recent Senate elections, marred by fraud allegations and low turnout, Preval now controls two-thirds of the chamber, and that most of the six senators leading the charge are from his Lespwa (HOPE) political coalition,