Rio de Janeiro.- French President Emmanuel Macron sharply criticized Haitian officials who dismissed Prime Minister Garry Conille, calling them “complete idiots” in a video that surfaced on social media.

French President Emmanuel Macron, who is visiting several South American nations during his attendance at this week’s G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is castigating members of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council for ousting the country’s second prime minister,

The Transitional Presidential Council in Haiti has ousted Prime Minister Garry Conille, appointing Didier Fils-Aimé amid questions about the legality of the move, escalating the political tensions gripping the country.

A council tasked with restoring order to the nation said it was replacing Prime Minister Garry Conille with businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aimé.

Haiti's ruling transitional council has fired Prime Minister Garry Conille, six months after the doctor and former UNICEF Latin America head was appointed to lead the troubled nation.

Haiti's transitional ruling council fired interim Prime Minister Garry Conille Sunday and replaced him with Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, a businessman. Conille, a longtime civil servant, was installed in June to work with the new council to stabilize Haiti and hold the country's first elections since 2016. He called his ouster illegitimate.

Haiti's transitional council has moved to replace Prime Minister Garry Conille, according to an official gazette bulletin seen by AFP, as a power struggle threatens to plunge the crisis-wracked nation into fresh chaos.

Haiti's foreign minister met with the French ambassador to the nation on Thursday over what the ministry branded as "unfriendly and inappropriate" comments by French President Emmanuel Macron as he left the G20 summit in Brazil.