The widow of assassinated Haitian leader Jovenel Moise, who was critically wounded in the attack that claimed his life, has issued her first public remarks since the assault, calling on the nation not to “lose its way.”
Speaking in an audio message posted on her official Twitter account three days after her husband was shot dead in their home Martine Moise said,” I am alive, thanks to God.”
“I am alive but I have lost my husband Jovenel,” she added.
Martine Moise was rushed to a Haitian hospital after the attack in the early hours of Wednesday, before being evacuated to Miami for treatment.
According to Haitian authorities, an armed commando of 28 men — 26 Colombians and two Haitian-Americans — burst in and opened fire on the couple in their home.
So far, 17 have been arrested, and at least three were killed. A handful remain at large, police say. No motive has been made public.
In her audio message Martine Moise said “In the blink of an eye, the mercenaries entered my home and riddled my husband with bullets … without even giving him a chance to say a word,”.
“I am crying, it is true, but we cannot let the country lose its way,” she said. “We cannot let his blood… have been spilled in vain.”
She promised to engage in a direct exchange with Haitians on Facebook “in the near future.”
Amid deep uncertainty over its political future, the international community has called on the impoverished Caribbean country to go ahead with the presidential and legislative elections slated for later this year.
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