“This decree [on the High Court of Justice] offers near-total impunity—an institutionalization of impunity—for all past, present and future political leaders. There is a real problem. (…) It is important for national voices within civil society to say that this is unacceptable,” Ambassador Antoine Michon stated.

U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Henry T. Wooster, French Ambassador Antoine Michon and Canadian Ambassador André François Giroux sounded the death knell for the unpopular CPT, mired in internal conflicts and alleged corruption scandals, and paved the way for Alix Didier Fils-Aimé. The United States deployed warships in the Bay of Port-au-Prince and imposed sanctions on certain presidential councilors to ensure a smooth transfer of power.