President of Haiti’s Senate, Joseph Lambert, has been treated at a hospital in the capital, Port au Prince, after he escaped an assassination attempt on Sunday.
Authorities said Lambert underwent an eye operation and his doctors say he remains under observation.
It is reported that heavily armed individuals opened fire on the vehicle in which Lambert was travelling in on Sunday at a roundabout near to the former premises of the Parliament.
The attack on the Senate President came the same day that the mandate of the ten remaining senators ended at midnight on Sunday. As a result, Joseph Lambert and the ten others are no longer regarded as elected legislators or mayors after that time.
Last year, the United States Department of State, imposed sanctions on Lambert “for his involvement in significant corruption and a gross violation of human rights”.
US Secretary Anthony J. Blinken said Lambert abused his public position by participating in corrupt activity that undermined the integrity of Haiti’s government.
