CMC – Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Monday said that Haiti’s interim leader, Dr. Ariel Henry, needs to “step aside” and allow for efforts to continue unimpeded in finding a solution to the socio-economic and political situation in Haiti.
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Browne is among Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders attending the 46th regular summit of regional leaders in Guyana, where the Haitian issue has dominated the four-day gathering.
In a telephone interview with the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC), Prime Minister Browne said he believes Henry’s presence in the government is “part of the problem” as various stakeholders look to find a lasting solution to Haiti’s problem that has increased with the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July 2021 and the emergence of criminal gangs terrorizing citizens.
“With no disrespect, my dear friend Henry is part of the problem, and many in Haiti believe that the interventions that the stakeholder groups plan (are) intended to prop up Henry.
“Now, even though that is not so, we have to deal with that perception, and we are of the view that Henry has to transition and to become an honest broker and to have a power-sharing agreement with the others in Haiti, so it doesn’t appear as though we are trying to stabilize Haiti for his benefit for him to continue….
“At the end of the day, it barely has any legitimacy, and we have to be careful that perception is not seen as the reality of the Haitian people, which could only inflame the situation,” Browne told CMC.
Earlier, CARICOM chairman and host President Dr. Irfaan Ali told the opening of the plenary session that discussions on Haiti by the regional leaders started over two days ago.
“CARICOM heads met on Saturday and commenced discussions on our challenges with Haiti. This morning with the Friends of Haiti, an expanded grouping that included
All the stakeholders and partners working with Haiti,” Ali said.
“We are hopeful that sometime today, we will be able to point the Haitian people, the region, and the global community in the direction through which long-lasting, sustainable solutions can be achieved.
“Of course, this requires all stakeholders in Haiti, especially to give a bit, to compromise a bit, and to express a collective willingness to achieve the outcomes that we are setting ourselves to achieve,” Ali told the meeting, which is also being attended by Haiti’s Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry.
Prime Minister Browne told CMC that he is of the view that even before any intervention in Haiti to stabilize the French-speaking CARICOM country, “the political situation with Henry has to be addressed, and he has to be as generous as possible.
“He has said that he doesn’t wish to stay on. So, if indeed he is an interim, let’s say, President, he should not have any problems having a power-sharing agreement with the other…political stakeholders in Haiti.
“So Henry has a role to play and could be the one who could effect urgent changes and help accelerate the establishment and operationalization of this multinational group to stabilize Haiti.
Last month, the Kenya High Court ruled against sending troops to Haiti as part of the Multinational Security Mission (MSS) to restore peace and security in Haiti.
Last October, the UN Security Council authorized the deployment of the MSS to back Haiti’s beleaguered police force, which Kenya offered to lead. A 2022 sanctions regime targeting gang leaders and their financiers was also renewed.
Earlier this month, the President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, urged the international community to do more to help deal with Haiti’s security, political, and economic situation.
Asked what Henry’s position has been during the deliberations by regional leaders, prime Minister Browne said the Haitian leader “talks a good talk, but as I told him this morning in his presence, he has to walk the walk.
“So we are not judging him now by his articulations. We are looking at his commitments in practice, and what he would have done in the future will determine whether he is a serious person who wants to see peace and stability within Haiti”.
Browne said he remains optimistic that the summit will end with a “positive” note on Haiti, saying, “From the discussions we held this morning, I would say they were frank, and at least Antigua and Barbuda went as far as calling upon the United States and France to make troops available and even to make equipment available.
“We believe that the developing countries should lead the fight. They should be augmented by the US and certainly from France and Canada.”
He said he believes that the US, Canada, and France were “erroneously” told and dissuaded from having troops on the ground in Haiti.
” I will accept that no one would want to see any intervention…by the US, France or Canada. But I certainly do not receive the idea that they should not participate. I am of the view that the US, in particular, with their superior artillery and their superior training, their expertise are needed on the ground”.
Prime Minister Browne said the region’s last desire is for a mission to Haiti that would fail.
“This mission has to be successful, and I think it should be viewed as a critical mission in restoring sustainable peace and prosperity to the Haitian people, and that is why I felt that it be expanded beyond the lead of Kenya…and include officers from the United States, Canada, France, and even the United Kingdom”.
Browne told CMC that the French have not committed ‘sufficient money’ towards the MSS, adding, “Perhaps we need to remind them of their historical role in Haiti and the legacy they have left behind.
“The fact that they have only given between three to four US dollars is ridiculous. You know it is an insult to the process, and the French need to step up,” Browne told CMC.
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You should resign first prime minister then you can called for someone else resignation.👀
This is a case of the pot calling the kettle the black. Another case of verbal diarrhea by this clown. Molwyn Joseph, Gaston Browne needs to resign. 10 years of disaster and mayhem under these two in our finances and Healthcare system.
Monies disappearing, banks with affiliates of Gaston Browne can’t pay people their money, closed clinics with no reopening date anytime soon, a broken, unhealthy MSJMC? YOU resign DAWG. You make noise but you’re a complete scourge.
There are too many issues in Antigua that need to be fixed for the Prime Minister to be focusing on Haiti.
I made this same point months ago when it was announced that Antigua and Barbuda and a couple other Caricom countries would send troops to Haiti to support the Kenyan force that was intended to be deployed there but never materialize to date. Haiti needs an interim government void of all the current political actors who themselves are part of the problem in Haiti. Caricom and the International community must step in and put an interim government in place comprising of business leaders, church groups and other bonifide individuals. The current leadership in Haiti and others are part of the problem. You cannot he part of the problem and the solution at the same time. I support Prime Minister Browne call wholeheartedly.
You have no right telling anyone to step aside.
You need to do that first, Mr Brown
To the degree that Gaston had an interview with CMC consistent with the quotation in this article please provide a link.
There was an interview with Gaston Browne and a Caribbean TV (CMC) journalist.
She threw a number of softballs questions, that Gaston a bit nervous but nevertheless the interview like a statesman.
Here is the link: https://www.caribvision.tv/a-cmc-interview-with-antigua-pm-gaston-browne/
Here is a classic case of The Prime Minister’s Office issuing a Public Relations article probably written by one of his ambassadors; and the media carries it verbatim.
The Caribbean media, is among the institutions failing it People.
Gaston you hab hall ah tell other ppl to go
Youuuuuu and Maria BOTH NEEDS TO GO IMMEDIATELY YOU BOTH HAVE FAILED ANTIGUANS ….. MARIA IS AS DITZY AS HWR MAKEUP & HAIR LOSS SHE BADLY TETING TO HIDE
YOU HAB MORE HEART THAN A DECK OF CARDS CALLING FOR PPL RESIGNATIONS
YOU
The audacity of Gaston can choke horse
Antiguans wants YOU TO RESIGN BUT DO TOU NO ….. becos you Maria sika prince princess HAVENT GOT ENOUGH FROM THE PURSE OF ANTIGUA
YOU ARE THE MOST HATED ANTIGUA PM
YOU ARE SO HATED THAT TOU CANT PAY PPL TO LIKE YOU… your greed is so paramount …..
Gaston you shouldn’t tell nobody resign not even dawg
If you stopped buying votes & ppl would you really be the PM
I do believed that Gaston Browne suffers from Psychosomatic. He knows all things about others but not himself.He is calling on the Interim Haitian Leader to resign.When he should be concentrating on himself to go now.
I do believed that Gaston Browne suffers from Psychosomatic. He knows all things about others but not himself.He is calling on the Interim Haitian Leader to resign.When he should be concentrating on himself to go now. Gaston Browne,judged not,unless you would want to be judged.You do not liked to BE JUDGED.
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This throttlebottom of a Prime Minister continues to hornswoggle the country with deflection and deceitful rhetoric.
The person that needs to step-aside is you!
Damn ninnyhammer …
As the ABLP acolytes run for their dictionaries and thesaurus’ 🤣🤣🤣
When he’s not telling Zelinsky to surrender, he’s telling other leaders to step aside.. what a pompous fool we have here as prime minister, smdh!
It’s funny how so many jump on the bandwagon with their opinions,when the Dr resigned from politics, shouting from the rooftop, that, oh, it must be true that UPP has no leadership “because it must be so, if so many is saying it and members of the party are quitting”.
Well by that standard, it must be true, since so many is saying it, that Gatson Browne is the most corrupt leader in the Caribbean right now, and he put Haiti to shame with all his corrupt practices he keeps perpetrating on the people of Antigua, from the Air Peace corruption, to Lait 2020, to the Antigua Airways debacle, to the Alpha Nero conundrum,all the way to the courts and his inept AG and Commish.
So keep blabbing your mouth Gatson, keep blabbing.
Really? 🤣. What a pompous pig.
It appears that all dictators suffered from some mental illness. Hitler was one who had bipolar disorder, the Caribbean Hitler has consistently displayed mental health disorders and let’s not forget, it was his administration that ordered the Police to gassed peaceful demonstrators on the soils of Antigua. It is his administration that has caused the immigration, police, health and education systems to be broken.
Our youths are disaffected, unemployment amongst our young people are at the highest causing many to turn to crime and drugs whilst his sons are living comfortably at the expense of Antigua’s tax payers.
What has happened to our Motto “Each endeavouring, all achieving?” Hitler has destroyed our native land. There’s no limit to his erratic behaviour.
He has committed Antigua’s aviation service to be in association with a wanted Nigerian fraudster. Every flight that landed from Nigeria there are numerous faked asylum seekers. He and Olabanjo has encouraged those fraudsters to ignore Asylum laws which dictates that asylum seekers should seek refuge in a safe country close to the one they are fleeing from. When has Antigua becomes geographically close to Nigeria?
The Hitler should do the honourable thing and resigned. He has repeatedly shown that he is not fit for any purpose and he should take his Barbie doll with him.
Haiti’s problem was caused by the French and the Americans, and they should lead the operations for rebuilding and restoring meaningful peace and stability.
Additionally, before committing Antigua’s defence personnel to Haiti, he should sign up his sons to be part of the peace keeping operation in Haiti. Of course, he wouldn’t do that…it would be too risky for his sons but not risky for others.
The first democratic elected President of Haiti John Bertram Aristides 1996 the first head of state to take control of the minerals and stop all payments to France, we have seen under his leadership Haitian stop feeling there country by boat dying at sea like the African crossing the Mediterranean to the European countries He was kidnapped by the Americans taken back to the home land . Caribbean Leaders need to ask questions why Guy Philippe who was sentence for twenty years and was released at this time when we need stability in Haiti Leaders of the Caribbean to much talking I would refer you to the report that was presented to the United Nation in 2018
Papa Gaston is creating Baby Gaston’s in Antigua pretty much like Papa doc and baby doc in Haiti. That obvious fact doesn’t seem to bother him but it should bother you and me because Haiti is a prime example of where this is going. So, I warn Antiguans speak up to stop this kind of behaviour…or cry later.
Wow wow wow We in the Caribbean continue to refer to the Economic Freedom Fighters in Haiti EFF as Gangsters it is far from the Truth the Group leadership headed by Ex Police Sgt. Jimmy “Barbaque” Shiza is protecting and defending the Minerals Re source of the State just as what is happening in Burkina Faso we saw what the President did removed all symbol of the Colonizers from the State Caribbean Leaders we are fighting for the compensation from the British support the EFF in Haiti fight against the French they are the Gangsters
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