{"id":73356,"date":"2019-10-17T22:35:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T02:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=73356"},"modified":"2019-10-17T22:35:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T02:35:00","slug":"commentary-caricom-cannot-abandon-haiti-despite-the-presidents-failure-to-respond-to-offers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/commentary-caricom-cannot-abandon-haiti-despite-the-presidents-failure-to-respond-to-offers\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMENTARY: CARICOM Cannot Abandon Haiti Despite The President\u2019s Failure To Respond To Offers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Sir Ronald Sanders<\/p>

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Haiti is in turmoil again.\u00a0 This time the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) cannot be criticised for inaction, but questions must be asked about others in the hemispheric community who have been silent about the political and humanitarian situation in the country.<\/p>\n

For instance, apart from an unusually vague statement issued by Luis Almagro, the Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS) on 15 October, the Organization which has been active in other countries has been conspicuously silent.<\/p>

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Over the last few months, there have been continuous protests in Haiti by large groups of people expressing dissatisfaction over the governance of the country.\u00a0 The President, Jovenel Mo\u00efse<\/a>, has been unable to establish a stable government.\u00a0 Persons whom he has named to the posts of Prime Minister and Ministers have been roundly rejected by the Senate whose approval of their appointments is necessary.<\/p>

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In July this year, at their Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government, CARICOM Heads discussed their concern about mounting protests in Haiti.\u00a0\u00a0 President Mo\u00efse<\/a> had made his usual cameo appearance at the conference, turning up for the formal opening ceremony and departing before the business of the meeting took place.\u00a0 This time he left Foreign Minister Bocchit Edmond with the responsibility to explain the situation in Haiti.<\/p>\n

When the Heads expressed a desire to send a three-man Prime Ministerial team \u201cto inform the Community of the situation in that country\u201d, the Haitian Foreign Minister attempted to dissuade them, contending, incorrectly, that the OAS had already sent a team to Haiti and, since CARICOM countries are members of the OAS, CARICOM had no need to send a team of its own.\u00a0\u00a0 Of course, the truth is that no authorised OAS team has been sent to Haiti since 2015.\u00a0 The team to which Foreign Minister Edmond referred was a self-appointed visit by the US Ambassador to the OAS, Carlos Trujillo, as the outgoing Chairman of the OAS Permanent Council.\u00a0 He announced to a working group at the OAS, on a subject that had nothing to do with Haiti, that he was accepting an invitation from Edmond to visit Haiti.\u00a0 To date, no official invitation has ever been seen by the Permanent Council of the OAS and that Council \u2013 the only body with the power to do so \u2013 has never authorised Ambassador Trujillo\u2019s visit.<\/p>

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In any event, CARICOM Heads were insistent that a visit should be made and the CARICOM Secretary-General was instructed to write to President Mo\u00efse,<\/a> indicating their wish to send a Prime Ministerial team to explore steps that could be taken, including mediation, to help resolve the political impasse and the civil disturbances.\u00a0\u00a0 To date, Mo\u00efse,has not responded, even though Haiti is a member state of CARICOM with binding obligations to the Organization. This led the current Chair of the CARICOM Heads of Government, Prime Minister Allen Chastanet of St Lucia, to tell a Jamaica newspaper on October 15 that CARICOM is deeply concerned over the protracted political crisis in Haiti and is awaiting the country\u2019s imprimatur for a good offices Prime Ministerial delegation to visit.<\/p>\n

To be clear, CARICOM countries, acting as a group, adhere to a strict policy of non-interference and non-intervention in the internal affairs of states, as set out in the Charters of the United Nations and the OAS.\u00a0 Therefore, CARICOM Heads were careful to seek the agreement of President Mo\u00efse to accept a visit by three of his colleagues.\u00a0\u00a0 Their objective was to serve the best interests of Haiti, including by engaging members of the Senate, political parties, non-governmental organizations and the private sector.\u00a0 In the absence of any response by President Moise to their request to visit Haiti, CARICOM Heads clearly must assume that they would be unwelcome.\u00a0 This has implications for Haiti\u2019s membership of the Community, and, in time, that should be a matter for review by CARICOM governments.<\/p>

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In the meantime, the situation in Haiti worsens.\u00a0 On October 16, four members resigned from a seven-member commission President Mo\u00efse had appointed earlier this month to \u201clead discussions\u201d to find a \u201cconcerted solution to the crisis\u201d.<\/p>

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Significantly, the four who announced their resignations were: former prime minister Evans Paul (2015-2016); Josu\u00e9 Pierre-Louis, general coordinator of the human resource management office attached to the prime minister\u2019s office; Lin\u00e9 Sainphor Balthazar, president of the ruling Parti Ha\u00eftien T\u00e8t Kale (PHTK); and former defence minister Jean Rodolphe Joazile (2012-2014).\u00a0\u00a0 This clearly demonstrates deep schisms in the governing party and the government itself.<\/p>\n

As the reason for their resignations, the four pointed to declarations, made by Mo\u00efse at a press conference, on October 15, which appeared to contradict claims by Paul that, as part of the discussions, Mo\u00efse\u2019s continuing as President would be on the table for discussion.\u00a0 But, Mo\u00efse told the media that resigning would be \u201cirresponsible\u201d. Remarkably, he also blamed the constitution and parliament for the current crisis.<\/p>\n

The resignations effectively end the commission.\u00a0 No means of dialogue now exist between the President and opposition groups that want him to resign as a precondition for talks.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, 30 people have been killed during five weeks of protests, and there is no sign of the turbulence easing.<\/p>\n

On the same day that Mo\u00efse announced that his resignation is not an option, the UN Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (Minujusth) left the country.\u00a0\u00a0 There is now no peacekeeping presence in Haiti.\u00a0 A smaller, non-peacekeeping force, the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), is now in place, but how effective it can be is left to be seen.\u00a0 It is operating in an atmosphere in which the opposition forces do not trust the role of powerful countries that have intervened in the country for their own purposes in the past, including by installing governments they favour.<\/p>\n

What is certain is that the CARICOM countries cannot and should not abandon the people of Haiti.\u00a0 CARICOM, therefore, should continue its efforts to get a team into Haiti to talk with all parties \u2013 government, opposition and the private sector.<\/p>\n

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