The Chairman of the 15-member regional grouping, the Caribbean Community (Caricom), has sought to assure Haitians that the region stands in solidarity with their country.
In an address on Friday at the funeral service held for late Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was assassinated earlier this month, Gaston Browne offered condolences and said that the circumstances of his death shocked the entire Caribbean.
“For us, assassination is an abomination that assaults our sense of humanity and undermines our democracy. There are no circumstances that would justify such planned and malicious murder. We deplore and condemn it strongly and unreservedly.”
Browne, who is also the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, implored Haiti, the region and the world, not to forget the circumstances of Moise’s death.
“All those, who are responsible, must be brought to justice. For the word must go out from this place, to every nook and cranny in Haiti, to every distant place across our Caribbean neighbourhood, that we will not tolerate such viciousness in any aspect of our lives. As no problem can be solved by wanton violence; no problem confronting Haiti has been solved by the assassination of Jovenel Moise. But, the political and civil society groups, and the people of Haiti in general, should not let his tragic death be in vain.”
The Caricom chairman also said that Haiti must not become “trapped in a vicious cycle of retribution and recriminations. Instead, the circumstances of Jovenel’s death, must shock everyone in Haiti to seek pathways for peace, stability, and prosperity, whether they were his political friend or political foe.”
He urged the people of Haiti to strive for a country in which “freedom reigns for the individual and your democratic institutions and values are respected by all. You want a Haiti where children can attend school, get a solid education and build a good future; and you want a nation which creates jobs; provides lands to the landless; delivers health care; empowers workers, and improves the quality of life for all.”
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CARICOM is a total waste of time, why is Antigua even involved with it?
I wish there was a political party in Antigua that would advocate for withdrawing from CARICOM. So many criminals enter Antigua through CARICOM immigration rules.
Let’s leave CARICOM now and focus on the OECS.
Dictator you should be visiting them to show them you serious about solidarity.
Freedom rein for democrat institutions ? but as example in the Choksi matters all Government heads including Police Commissioner goes into hibernation mode and he speaks for departments.
Land for the landless ?
I was being shown some land and I asked about the neighboring lands which I was more interested in and the agent laughed and said ” don’t even look over there because all those lands belong to Gaston.”😠😠
How can he wants solidarity regionally but don’t want it locally causing division in this country
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