Prime Minister Gaston Browne has suggested that engagement with gang leaders in Haiti could form part of efforts to restore stability in the violence-plagued nation.
Speaking following the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in St. Kitts and Nevis, Browne said while international efforts to suppress armed gangs are necessary, dialogue should not be ruled out.
He welcomed the emerging initiative led by the United States and other partners aimed at addressing gang violence in Haiti, noting that restoring order is critical to hemispheric stability.
But Browne said he believes a Haitian-led solution could also involve bringing gang leaders “to the table.”
“I’ve been a little unconventional too in the sense that I also felt that perhaps the gang leaders should be also engaged,” Browne said during the ABS interview. “I’m not saying necessary to legitimize them, but to bring them to the table.”
He referenced his own experience in Antigua and Barbuda, where he said he engaged youth gangs despite criticism that such dialogue was inappropriate for a prime minister.
“Some people took the puritanic position that, as a prime minister, I should not engage them. But I did, and I believe it was the right thing to do,” Browne said, adding that many of those individuals are now “productively engaged, some in school, some working.”
Haiti has been grappling with escalating gang control over large sections of the capital and surrounding areas, prompting regional and international discussions on security interventions.
Browne said while enforcement efforts are essential, inclusive dialogue could help pave the way for a more sustainable resolution led by Haitians themselves.
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So why you dont go down there as a start?
Trump has kidnapped the leader of Venezuela on trumped up drug charges.
According to him drugs from Venezuela is making its way into the US and destroying American youths.
Accepted!!!!
People are dying daily in Haiti.
Guns are the major causes of death.
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
The cost of each gun exceeds what a combined fifty people make in a year.
Yet guns are in abundance as dirt.
Haiti doesn’t manufacture guns.
They are manufactured in America.
When is a nation or a group of nations going to file charges against Trump and America for the damages and loss of life caused by weapons manufactured in America??
What is good for the goose is good for the gander.
If a country can be held responsible for drugs destroying lives and families in America so to should America be held responsible for guns manufactured in America killing rich, poor, innocent, guilty, young, old and PEOPLE.
Since you have the experience and obviously good at this make the trip yourself. You do that and restore peace in Haiti I would break the election rule in Antigua and vote ABLP in all the consequences in Antigua
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