{"id":104280,"date":"2020-02-24T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=104280"},"modified":"2020-02-24T10:00:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T14:00:15","slug":"haiti-police-and-army-square-off-in-gun-battle-on-first-day-of-carnival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/haiti-police-and-army-square-off-in-gun-battle-on-first-day-of-carnival\/","title":{"rendered":"HAITI: Police And Army Square Off In Gun Battle On First Day Of Carnival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the first day of Haiti\u2019s pre-Lenten Carnival celebration, the country\u2019s two armed forces squared off Sunday, with off-duty members of the Haiti National Police and their supporters exchanging gunfire for more than two hours with members of Haitian President Jovenel Mo\u00efse\u2019s reconstituted army just steps away from the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince.<\/p>\n

The gun battle between cops \u2014 some of them in uniform and others hooded and dressed in civilian clothing fighting alongside civilian protesters \u2014 and members of the newly revived Armed Forces of Haiti took place shortly after 1 p.m. on the Champ de Mars, the staging ground for Carnival festivities.<\/p>

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By 8 p.m. the government announced that its national Carnival, planned for Sunday thru Tuesday, was officially canceled \u201cin order to avoid the planned bloodshed.\u201d The announcement came about an hour after the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the North told the Miami Herald that he had taken a similar decision regarding Cap-Haitien\u2019s Mardi Gras. A spokesman for the commission overseeing the festivities later insisted that the street party would go on.<\/p>

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With gunshots replacing the masqueraders and musical acts who traditionally invite the population to throw caution to the wind and dance in abandonment, the public square in Port-au-Prince had quickly turned into a war zone littered with rocks, wounded people and bullets.<\/p>\n

At least one person was killed in the capital when he was hit in the head with a bullet, local radio Radio Mega reported. At least 13 others were also wounded, including police officers, the radio said.<\/p>

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Radio Television Caraibes, a popular radio station on Rue Chavannes, also came under attack, with unknown individuals setting fire to at least four cars in front of the station, according to one of its morning hosts, Pierre Renel Rene.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know I was coming to battle,\u201d said a 24-year-old police officer, who was wearing his uniform but did not want to give his name and broke down in tears as he accused the army of opening fire on them and noted that several of his colleagues had been shot. \u201cThe government already knew what they were prepared to do…. They decided to assassinate us, but we aren\u2019t going to back down.\u201d<\/p>

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The officer, who joined the force two years ago, said police had decided that they would \u201cdo our own Carnival\u201d after the government on Saturday failed to reinstate five fired officers involved in a unionization effort, or meet their demands for a pay increase.<\/p>

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In a press conference, acting Prime Minister Jean-Michel Lapin said the government could not immediately raise officers\u2019 pay \u2014 which is between $200 and $255 a month before taxes \u2014 due to rules governing the salaries of public servants.<\/p>\n

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Instead, Mo\u00efse announced other measures. They included doubling a monthly police debit card from $51 to $102 for 15,000 members of the police force; the construction of a new police housing village with 2-bedroom apartments that would be sold with a mortgage payable over 25 to 30 years at 7.5 percent interest rate, and access to the National Old Age Insurance Office (ONA), a government pension plan reserved for private-sector employees.<\/p>\n

The government, Mo\u00efse said, would provide officers with a preferential 12 percent interest rate on loans and pay half of it, with officers contributing the other 6 percent. But in order to take advantage of the loans, officers, under ONA\u2019s rules, its director said, would need to buy insurance from the program.<\/p>\n

Finance experts say if the Haitian government, already deeply in debt and running a deficit, proceeds with the plan to allow public servants to qualify for ONA loans, there is a risk that the pension fund will be raided and the public treasury, already suffering from a downturn in tax receipts, would be the first victim.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe already took to the streets where we asked the Haitian government to improve our working conditions, and we asked for an increase in our pay,\u201d said the officer, dismissing the promises. \u201cWe are not backing down.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn the two years I\u2019ve been in the police I\u2019ve risked my life more than in the 20 years I lived before,\u201d he said. \u201cOur demands are just.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the base of the tensions is the protest movement by police seeking to unionize and Haiti\u2019s insistence that the show \u2014 Kanaval 2020 \u2014 would go on despite the burning of parade stands and the trucks transporting the generators, musical acts and revelers earlier in the week.<\/p>\n

Parade stands and floats went up in smoke both along the Champ de Mars and in Cap-Ha\u00eftien, the country\u2019s second-largest city where, former president Michel Martelly was set to perform as his alter ego, Sweet Micky, on Sunday after being a no-show at a pre-Carnival fete the night before at a popular waterfront restaurant in the northern city.<\/p>\n

The tensions continued on Sunday as crowds in Port-au-Prince took the Champ de Mars, where a presidential viewing stand had been reconstructed behind the wall protecting the army\u2019s headquarters at the Ministry of Defense. A gigantic parade stand in Cap-Ha\u00eftien, was also dismantled. A crowd later ran through the streets singing, \u201cFor this Carnival thing, the country might as well burn down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marc Georges, the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the North, who oversaw the Carnival committee in Cap-Ha\u00eftien, told the Herald that he canceled his city\u2019s Carnival due to security concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe couldn\u2019t guarantee the security of the revelers,\u201d Georges said, adding he spoke to several local officials before taking the decision. \u201cIf they tell me that the security will be there tomorrow, I will say \u2018Let\u2019s go back to the Carnival.\u2019 But for tonight, I cannot in good faith tell people to go out into the streets and enjoy the Carnival given the security situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

David Toussiaint, a spokesman for the president of the Cap-Haitien Commission 350, however, said that Sunday\u2019s showcase was still happening. \u201cAll of the musicians are on their floats ready to go; we are waiting on the rain,\u201d he said, insisting that it was not Georges\u2019 decision to cancel.<\/p>\n

Unrest was also reported in the cities of Gonaives and Les Cayes, where stands were either set on fire or arson attempts were made.<\/p>\n

In a statement to the press, the high command of Haiti\u2019s Armed Forces said there was \u201cno confrontation between the police force and the army.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, hooded individuals with firearms attacked the headquarters and attempted to set it on fire. The soldiers on guard, one of whom was hit by a projectile in the back, had to shoot into the air to have them evacuated,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

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