Haiti replaces police chief

Inspector General André Jonas Vladimir Paraison was appointed national police chief by the country's transitional government on Friday.

The decision, announced during a Council of Ministers meeting and formalized at a ceremony at the Villa d’Accueil, is the first major action by newly installed Transitional Presidential Council President Laurent Saint-Cyr.

"This change is not a sanction but called for by the urgency and the necessity to give new breath to the Haitian National Police," said Council President Saint-Cyr. 

"Everything rests on one thing: security," he added.

"We the police will not sleep," Paraison, who has the reputation of a seasoned and determined professional, told an inauguration ceremony. 

"We will provide security across every corner of the country."