Wednesday, December 14, 2011

ARTICLE - DEPUTIES URGE FOR SECURITY

DEPUTIES URGE THE EXECUTIVE TO SUBDUE INSECURITY
(Defend Haiti) -

PORT-AU-PRINCE – Rony Celestin, Martial Despas and Eloune Doréus criticized the passivity of the government. They fear a gloomy end of the year if nothing is done to stop an increasingly arrogant banditry.

Several Deputies denounced Monday the sharp deterioration of the security climate in many parts of the country and urged the government to act swiftly to fight a new wave of insecurity that led last week to murder and kidnapping.

The representative of Cerca La Source / Thomassique (center) Rony Celestin says that in his district traders are regularly preyed upon by bandits. Highlighting the fact that gangs are not only operating in Port-au-Prince, the Parliamentary of Lavni says the situation has already lasted too long.

His colleague in Cabaret (West), Martial Despas, said that his district also saw hard times due to the rise of insecurity coupled with the explosion of unhealthy and economic stagnation. The MP cited as an example the case of a young entrepreneur in Cabaret who already has been a victim of repeated burglaries and has not been spared in recent days.

For hiss part, the MP for Mole Saint-Nicolas (northwest), Eloune Doréus, is very concerned at the resurgence of the phenomenon, which he says will have a negative effect on all the efforts to attract foreign investment in Haiti.

Convinced that rampant banditry is mainly due to social and non-political problems, the Alternative called on the Martelly-Conille government to adopt appropriate measures to prevent the people from having a dark Christmas and New Year.

Two policemen were killed last week. The body of one of them was found burned.

In terms of heinous kidnappings, various cases have been reported. A prominent banker and a health professional that was with him were released after long hours of confinement.

A collaborator of Radio Kiskeya has escaped his captors through the miraculous intervention of a police patrol.

Fast-moving armed gangs operating in several sectors of the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince are literally on the offensive on the eve of the Christmas season.

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