PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A transitional council created to restore democratic order in Haiti signed a decree Sunday firing the country’s interim prime minister, Garry Conille, and replacing him with Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, a businessman who was previously considered for the position.

The decree, to be published on Monday, was provided to The Associated Press by a government source. It marks further turmoil in an already difficult democratic transition process for Haiti, which has not held democratic elections in years, largely due to rising levels of gang violence plaguing the Caribbean nation.

Fils-Aimé, the former president of Haiti’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ran an unsuccessful campaign for the Senate in 2015. The businessman studied at Boston University and was previously considered for the job as a private sector candidate for the job before Conille to take over the post. seat.

Conille, a longtime civil servant who worked with the United Nations, was prime minister for just six months.

The Transitional Council was established in April, tasked with choosing Haiti’s next prime minister and cabinet, with the hope that it would help quell the unrest in Haiti. But the council was plagued by politics and infighting and was long at odds with Conille. Groups such as the Organization of American States failed last week to mediate disagreements in an attempt to save the fragile transition, according to reports from The Miami Herald.

The process suffered another blow in October when three council members faced corruption charges after investigators alleged they demanded $750,000 in bribes from a government bank executive to secure their seats. work.

The report is expected to further erode people’s confidence in the nine-member council.

The members accused of bribery – Smith Augustin, Emmanuel Vertilaire and Louis Gérald Gilles – were among those who signed the decree. Only one member, Edgard Leblanc Fils, did not sign the order.