President Jovenel Moise names acting prime minister

President Jovenel Moise on Thursday named a new acting prime minister, after lawmakers voted to censure his predecessor's six month old government.

Jean-Michel Lapin, the culture and communications minister, was charged with running Haiti's day-to-day affairs pending the formation of a new government.

In the coming days, Jovenel Moise will consult with lawmakers about who to ask to form a new government.

"To avoid a constitutional imbroglio in the country, which needs peace so much, I give you my resignation," Cant said finally Thursday in a letter to President Jovenel Moise.