THE AMBASSADOR OF FRANCE, CONFIDENT BUT CAUTIONS, THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN HAITI
(Haiti Libre) -
On the sidelines of a visit to Jacmel, within the framework of the fortnight on the Francophonie, the Ambassador of France accredited to Haiti, Didier Le Bret spoke about the political situation in Haiti, and its potential consequences. His remarks were intended to be confident, but hardly masked some concern about the crisis, if it is not resolved quickly.
"...a cabinet reshuffle, or even a change of government, it's part of political life; therefore, this is not something that is likely to worry anyone. What may worry, is if we remain in a vacuum,... a government vacuum for too long. Then it can paralyze a whole series of projects that we all have with Haiti.
Our desire, is really that the inauguration of the Prime Minister-designate, be made as soon as possible. For now, the government continues to function, it executes the current business, as we say. The important thing is that the institutions are working, and that each, in its role, can exercise its responsibilities, whether the Parliament, or the Executive... [...]
For now, we are always on the same pace of disbursement for our projects. What may affect the country, is the feeling that the country is plunged into an institutional crisis,.... this is likely to slow the economic activity, and not only because it affects donor projects [...] In a democracy, having an opposition that expresses itself, is part of the anti-establishment. When the opposition is the majority in the House, that complicates things... But I think that it is in the interest of everybody to rebuild the country. You need a broad consensus on a few simple ideas, and I think and hope today that the Haitian political actors are working on this..."
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