Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Chairman of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM, the Hon. Gaston Browne has issued a statement on the assisination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise.
We reproduce below, the complete text of the Prime Minister’s Statement.
Editor’s Note:
The Conference of Heads of CARICOM will meet in an emergency Caucus on Wednesday 7th July to discuss the current situation in Haiti and the grouping’s response. An update on the meeting will be issued subsequently.
GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Office of the Prime Minister
7 July 2021
STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM)
HON. GASTON A. BROWNE
on
THE ASSASINATION OF HAITIAN PRESIDENT JOVENEL MOISE
I extend the condolences of my Government and the Governments of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to the Haitian people, on the assassination of the President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, which was reported to have occurred last night, hours after the 42nd CARICOM Heads Regular meeting ended.
All of CARICOM feel the pain which has been inflicted on Haiti by this killing.
Haiti was embraced by CARICOM because of the historic role played by its proud people in 1804, declaring itself a sovereign state, where slavery was brought to an immediate end.
The Haitian State has had an unstable existence, including an invasion by the USA in 1915, and the epoch of the Duvaliers who turned the state into their private fiefdom.
The United Nations and the Organization of American States were petitioned by CARICOM and others to intervene in order to bring stability to Haiti after Jean-Claude Duvalier unleashed violence on the Haitian people. The first democratically-elected President was inaugurated in 1992, but displaced less than a decade later. The instability continued.
The late President was mired in a debate as to whether his term ended months ago, or continues until early next year. This uncertainty, as well as, the presence of armed gangs determined to claim control over parts of Port au Prince, the capital, made governance extremely complex and dangerous.
The assassination of last evening further complicates the jostling for power that has characterized the Haitian state and its future.
My Government and the Governments of the CARICOM decry the violence that has engulfed our sister-CARICOM state.
CARICOM will continue to work in close cooperation with the Haitian people, the United Nations, Organization of American States and the governments of France and the United States, in bringing a reasonable settlement of the state of uncertainty and instability that now threaten the peace and security in Haiti and our Community as a whole.
We continue to press for Haiti’s development and for it to overcome the challenges of the past that have imperiled Haiti’s development.
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It’s time to clean out these armed gangs with serious firepower, wherever they are anywhere in these islands. Nip it in the bud.
When govt members oppress people this is what happens.
People will take the abuse and being taxed to death until they finally snap. Take heed.
World dictator traitor tyrant liar Gaston Browne should learn something from this. Keep on stealing from the people, keep on competing against the people such as what he’s doing starting up an agriculture farm, keep on practicing creative enrichment schemes, keep on teefing money from the Treasury, keep on using us as financial slaves. When a man can no longer support himself and his family due to blood suckers like Gaston Browne, they sometimes crack and here is an example of that.
It is way past time we vote out all members of the septic tank gang. Most of them have been knighted for doing nothing but stealing tax payers money, not paying their fair share of taxes and taking bribe money under the table and awarding contracts. Govts work for the people and represent the people not the other way around. The people in Haiti reached their last straw with how they were being treated by their dictator and desperation set in.
Where are the murderers of Nigel Christian? Why have they not been brought to justice? Members in govt hands are dirty. I hope Nigel Christian’s family gets justice for his murder. He discovered the truth behind the “forged” signatures. Those in high places are responsible for his murder.
You seem to have all the facts, why not make a citizen arrest? it does exist you know.
How come nobody a assassinate gaston brown, nasty ass, dutty mouth vagabond/oppresssor
Idle words, you need to be careful. and show a little respect. You appear to be just as much a vagabond yourself.
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