The Haitian authorities stated that a trained foreign assassin composed of 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans carried out the assassination. Colombian media hinted that Colombians may be hired as security guards for the president.

Martine Moïse, who was injured in the attack, said her husband was targeted for political reasons.

“You know who the president is against,” she said in a recording posted on Twitter, without revealing anyone’s name.

“Because of roads, water, electricity, and referendums, and the elections at the end of the year, they sent mercenaries to kill the president at the president and his family’s home so that there is no transition in the country.”

The late president talked about the dark forces behind years of turmoil — hostile politicians and oligarchs angry at his attempts to clean up government contracts and politics — have proposed a referendum to change Haiti’s constitution.

The referendum and presidential and legislative elections scheduled for September 26 may eliminate the position of prime minister, reshape the legislative branch and strengthen the presidency.

The murder of Moise cast a shadow over these plans and caused political chaos in the Haitian government. It calls on the U.S. military And the United Nations.

The United States has stated that it has no plan to provide military assistance to Haiti, and its request to the United Nations needs to be authorized by the Security Council.

Later on Friday, Moise was appointed prime minister before the assassination, claiming the right to lead Haiti.

But as governments scramble to maintain order and provide the public with answers about the killings, the competition between political opponents has increased uncertainty.

Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon appointed as prime minister by the late president on Monday, told Reuters that he is now the highest authority in Haiti, not interim prime minister Claude Joseph, and he is forming a government.

“After the president was assassinated, I became the highest, legal and regular authority because there was a decree nominating me,” he said in a telephone interview on Friday.

Henry said that his government will set up a new election committee-given that the previous committee was deemed too partial-this will determine the new election date.

“I don’t know what day they will be, I just know that we can’t spend too long on these elections. We need to do it as soon as possible,” he said.

But Henry has not been sworn in, and Joseph, who was appointed interim prime minister in April, has stayed in place to take the lead in responding to the assassination, calling on the United States to support and declare a 15-day state of emergency.

The power struggle has created confusion as to who the legal leader is.