ARTICLE - PM CONDITIONS - SEN'S AND DEP's

SENATORS AND DEPUTIES PRESENT THEIR CONDITIONS TO THE HEAD OF STATE
(Haiti Libre) -

During the Conference of Presidents held Monday in Parliament, deputies and senators have agreed on a set of points that President Martelly should clarify in advance, before starting the process of the designation of a new Prime Minister.

For Senator Jean Baptiste, the parliamentarians must take advantage of the record of ratification of a new Prime Minister to force the Chief of State to submit his travel documents before proposing names.

Several parliamentarians do not see favorably the three names proposed by President Martelly, to the extent where some of them are the subject of an investigation on their multi-nationality.

Senator John Joël Joseph, 2nd Secretary of the Bureau of the Senate, confirmed that the parliamentarians had placed a set of conditions that must be met before starting the ratification process for the next Chief of Government...

"...we can say that the majority of senators who were present have taken the decision to say first that [...] it is the President who must propose a Prime Minister, but it is not for the senators to say amongst three people, who they will choose [...]

They have gone further, by saying [...] that before the President completes the issue of the designation of a Prime Minister, he must first send his passport to the Commission on the issue of nationality [... ] all Ministers have submitted their documents; there is only the President who has taken the decision that he would not give his passport...

[...] They have also asked the President of the Senate to stop the steps he started on the question of the ratification of the new Prime Minister, while waiting to get answers on the question of armed individuals ,who occupy the former military bases [...]

They posed the problem of the university, after what happened [...] at the University of Ethnology; where several students were beaten [...] They asked the President to explain this approach that was taken to persecute students...

There is also the question of elections; we can not enter into the process of the ratification of a new Prime Minister, as long the question of the organization of elections in the country is not clarified. We know that the mandates of territorial collectivity came to an end [...] and that the Senate will be cut by 10 members as of May, so the question is asked that the President decides on the election issue.

They also talked about the question of the constitutional amendment [...] with what kind of Constitution will we go to the polls? So we know if it is a Provisional Electoral Council or a Permanent... We will wait until the President gives an answer on the question of the amendment, so that we, the Senators and deputies, .... can see us, in the future of the country in the future..."

In summary, our parliamentarians intend clearly to take advantage of the situation to attempt to obtain satisfaction in a new showdown with the executive, even if this this would block the country, whose interests seem clearly not a priority for them...