A transitionary council created to reestablish democratic order in Haiti has signed a degree firing the country’s interim Prime Minister Garry Conille, replacing him with Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, a businessman who was previously considered for the job.

Haiti’s ruling presidential council has fired the country’s prime minister, Garry Conille, after barely six months and named businessman Didier Fils-Aimé to replace him in an act that some political leaders say is illegal.

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