Editing Government of Haiti (section)

==Government==
The government of Haiti is a [[semi-presidential system|semi-presidential]] [[republic]], a multiparty system wherein the [[President of Haiti]] is head of state elected directly by popular [[elections in Haiti|elections]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1987 Constitution of the Republic of Haiti|url=http://pdba.georgetown.edu/constitutions/haiti/haiti1987.html|publisher=Georgetown University|access-date=July 9, 2011|location=ARTICLE 134|pages=ARTICLE 134}}</ref>  The Prime Minister acts as head of government and is appointed by the President, chosen from the majority party in the National Assembly. Executive power is exercised by the President and Prime Minister who together constitute the government.

Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of the [[National Assembly of Haiti]]. The government is organized [[unitary state|unitarily]], thus the central government ''delegates'' powers to the departments without a constitutional need for consent. The current structure of Haiti's political system was set forth in the [[Constitution of Haiti]] on 29 March 1987. The current president is Claude Joseph, acting in 2021.
In 2010, there were 7,000 people in the Haitian National Police.<ref>{{Cite news | first=Dennis | last=Sadowski | title=Hope and struggles remain in Haiti six months after earthquake | publisher=Florida Catholic | location=Orlando, Florida | pages= A7 | date=August 6–19, 2010 }}</ref>

The [[Institut de Sauvegarde du Patrimoine National|Institute for the Protection of National Heritage]] has preserved 33 historical monuments and the historic center of Cap-Haïtien.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haiti.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=121&Itemid=90|title=Embassy of Haiti – Washington, DC|access-date=13 September 2016}}</ref>

The legal system for torts<!---not criminal, there has to be a better way of wording this--> is based on a version of the [[Napoleonic Code]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/world/haiti.htm |title=Haitian Law |access-date=2013-07-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630063029/http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/world/haiti.htm |archive-date=2013-06-30 }}</ref>

In 2013, the annual budget was US$1 billion.<ref>{{Cite news | first=Trenton | last=Daniel | title=Haiti hopes push to woo tourists pays off | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/haiti-hopes-160-high-end-tourism-pays-off-19600269#.UeW_EayQOSo| newspaper=[[The Burlington Free Press]] | location=[[Burlington, Vermont]] | pages= 5A | date=July 8, 2013 | access-date=July 16, 2013}}</ref><!---hard and soft copy sources do not match but are identical articles--->