{"id":125634,"date":"2021-03-18T13:19:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T17:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=125634"},"modified":"2021-03-18T13:19:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T17:19:25","slug":"commentary-haiti-needs-vigilance-by-the-international-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/commentary-haiti-needs-vigilance-by-the-international-community\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMENTARY: Haiti needs vigilance by the International Community"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Sir Ronald Sanders<\/p>

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(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto.\u00a0\u00a0The views expressed are entirely his own)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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At a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) on March 17, I said that \u201cno resolution is perfect, and no resolution satisfies every country, but we cannot sacrifice achieving good on the altar of desiring perfection\u201d.<\/p>\n

The resolution concerned the current constitutional, political and humanitarian situation in Haiti which is very grave and shows every sign of worsening.\u00a0\u00a0The delegation of Antigua and Barbuda was the architect of the original resolution which sought to cause the member states of the OAS to express concern about Haiti and to offer to facilitate a meaningful dialogue between President Jovenel Mo\u00efse and all other stakeholders.<\/p>\n

It was a matter of regret that, despite the strong statement of CARICOM Heads of Government, concerning Haiti, on February 11, CARICOM delegations at the OAS were again divided.\u00a0\u00a0CARICOM Heads were clear that they wanted \u201call parties in Haiti to engage in meaningful dialogue in the interest of peace and stability\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0The Heads also said that they looked forward \u201cto the conduct of free and fair Presidential elections in accordance with the Constitution of Haiti\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Eight CARICOM countries \u2013 Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, St Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago backed Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s draft resolution.<\/p>\n

In the end, through a process of two weeks of negotiations, countries with important concerns about Haiti \u2013 Brazil, Canada, Chile, the Dominican Republic, and the United States joined the nine Caribbean countries in settling a draft resolution that was then negotiated with the Haitian delegation.<\/p>\n

By the nature of negotiations, concessions had to be made. Hence, it was not a perfect resolution and not every paragraph of it satisfied everyone.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0But it was enough to allow the Permanent Council of the OAS to adopt it by consensus.<\/p>\n

Essentially, it offered \u201cgood offices of the OAS, under the authority of the Permanent Council, to facilitate a dialogue that would lead to free and fair elections\u201d and asked the President of Haiti \u201cto consider inviting the Permanent Council to do so\u201d.<\/p>\n

This was done against a background that since January 2020, there has been no legislature and no government in Haiti, and President Mo\u00efse has been ruling by decree.\u00a0\u00a0Further, marauding gangs have been raping women, including young girls, kidnapping people (rich and poor) and demanding huge ransoms.\u00a0\u00a0Violence has exploded in the country, particularly as hundreds of thousands of people have been protesting against President Mo\u00efse and deadly force has been used against them by a police force that is allegedly highly politicised.<\/p>\n

The UN High Commission for Human Rights has stated its \u201cconcerns about judicial independence\u201d which it says \u201chas further eroded the separation of powers\u201d in Haiti.<\/p>\n

Time is fast running out to avoid further worsening of the situation in Haiti.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The OAS resolution, offering to facilitate dialogue, has come only after deep polarization and distrust in the country.\u00a0\u00a0The OAS should have acted much earlier.\u00a0\u00a0If President Mo\u00efse does not respond positively and swiftly to the offer by the OAS, no dialogue between the stakeholders might be possible.\u00a0\u00a0A stand-off between them will occur with further confrontations.\u00a0\u00a0Many Haitians have already stated publicly that \u201cno dialogue is possible with Mo\u00efse\u201d, and he has not sought a meaningful dialogue either.<\/p>\n

Instead, he is persisting with plans to hold a referendum in June on altering the Constitution. But there has been no consultation with major Haitian players who say he has no authority to hold such a referendum.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0What is clear is that, in 2015, Haiti had more than 6.5 million people registered to vote.\u00a0\u00a0Mo\u00efse has now issued new identity cards which his OAS Ambassador says has been distributed to 4 million people.\u00a0\u00a0Human rights groups in Haiti dispute that figure, putting it closer to 2 million.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Either way more than 2.5 million persons are currently disenfranchised. No referendum or election held in these conditions would be credible or acceptable.<\/p>\n

Still worse, the current Provisional Electoral Council, to manage a referendum and elections, comprises persons appointed solely by Mo\u00efse.\u00a0\u00a0They are known to have close links to him.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Similarly, the draft Constitution has been written by persons he has hand-picked.\u00a0\u00a0None of this is \u201cin accordance with the Constitution of Haiti\u201d, and, for the opposition parties, are red rags to a bull.<\/p>\n

On March 29, Haiti will mark the anniversary of its 1987 Constitution the very thing that the President is seeking to alter.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Stakeholders are pledging to put more than 2 million people on the streets in its defence on March 28 and 29.<\/p>\n

The Charter of the OAS strictly forbids interference in the internal affairs of States.\u00a0\u00a0And, while there have been various artifices by some OAS member states to circumvent that prohibition, the majority of countries adhere to that principle generally.\u00a0\u00a0Consequently, the OAS cannot insist that President Mo\u00efse accepts its offer to play a good offices role.\u00a0\u00a0It must await an invitation from him to do so.<\/p>\n

In this context, member states of the Organization should work behind the scenes with Mo\u00efse and other stakeholders to urge them to talk and, in so doing, to take the idea of a referendum on the Constitution off anyone\u2019s agenda; to ensure that independent election machinery is established by agreement of all parties and that Presidential, legislative and local elections are held at the earliest possible date, and until then Presidential decrees should be suspended on anything except that on which major players decide.<\/p>\n

While this diplomatic work takes place \u2013 and CARICOM should be a part of it – the OAS should continue to be vigilant about developments in Haiti and ready to speak out against any further deterioration in the constitutional, political and humanitarian situation.<\/p>\n

The people of Haiti need and deserve objective and constructive support in their collective interest, and not for the benefit of any political elite.<\/p>\n

Responses and previous commentaries:\u00a0www.sirronaldsanders.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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