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Haiti’s transitional council changes its own rules. A transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for Haiti is changing the way it operates in a move that surprised many as gang violence consumes the country. Instead of having a single council president, four veteran politicians will take turns leading the council every five months, according to two members who were not authorized to publicly share the changes because they had not yet been announced. After a prime minister is announced, the council expects to choose a new Cabinet, a process many expect will involve long and heavy negotiations with politicians.