Quitel is one of three new officials taking over top government positions in Haiti this week. вЂњWe are living in difficult times with pressing needs for justice and security,вЂќ he said. Quitel only briefly mentioned MoГЇseвЂ™s killing in his speech as he promised to establish coherence and harmony between HaitiвЂ™s judicial and executive powers. Quitel takes over the position from former Justice Minister Rockfeller Vincent, whom Henry dismissed a day after he fired Port-au-PrinceвЂ™s chief prosecutor earlier this week for an undefined вЂњserious administrative fault.вЂќ вЂњThere is no more room for distraction or diversion, confusion and petty infighting,вЂќ he said. Quitel also said he aims to fight gangs and reduce lengthy pretrial detentions, with thousands of people languishing in prison for years without a single hearing.

Justice Minister Liszt Quitel said he is prioritizing the killings of MoГЇse and Monferrier Dorval, head of Port-au-PrinceвЂ™s Bar Association, who was killed at his home last August. HenryвЂ™s office issued the statement hours after HaitiвЂ™s new justice minister pledged to find those responsible for high-profile killings as he spoke publicly for the first time since taking over from his predecessor, whom Henry also fired this week. It added: вЂњConversations with individuals against whom charges are laid cannot, in any case, be used to incriminate anyone.вЂќ The prime ministerвЂ™s office said political interests do not allow anyone to make вЂњserious and baseless innuendos, much less to attempt to hand someone over to popular retribution.вЂќ Police say they are looking for him on charges including murder.Д¬laude said evidence shows that Badio was in the vicinity of MoГЇseвЂ™s home when the calls were made, and on Tuesday, just hours before he was fired, Claude asked the judge in the case to charge Henry. вЂњAfter an act of such gravity, many people naturally wanted to inquire about his situation,вЂќ the office said, referring to the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel MoГЇse.ДЇormer Port-au-Prince chief prosecutor Bed-Ford Claude, whom Henry dismissed this week, invited the prime minister to meet with him to talk about two calls between him and Joseph Badio that took place just hours after MoГЇse was killed.Д«adio once worked for HaitiвЂ™s Ministry of Justice and at the governmentвЂ™s anti-corruption unit until he was fired in May amid accusations of violating unspecified ethical rules. The office said it is unable to identify all those who called him or determine the nature of the conversations, noting that Henry couldnвЂ™t take all the calls. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The office of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry issued its first public statement Thursday about evidence authorities say they have of phone calls between him and a key suspect in the presidential assassination, saying he received countless calls from people concerned for his safety following the slaying.

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