No public holiday on September 19 Loop Jamaica

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Monday, September 19, the National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty, The Queen, will not be observed as a public holiday in Jamaica.

“It is not a discussion or a contemplation at this time, and I would have to be guided otherwise for a national holiday to be declared for this matter,” Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) with Responsibility for Information, Robert Morgan, said.

He was speaking during Tuesday’s (September 13) sitting of the House of Representatives.

The Minister was responding to questions posed by Leader of Opposition Business, Phillip Paulwell, who sought clarification on a document that was tabled in the Lower House detailing activities during the period of mourning, being observed from September 8 to 19.

“This document… is pretty much a general understanding of what is to take place during the period. When an incident, as what has taken place, happens, there is a standard operating procedure that is a part of the protocols. Some are optional, and some are pretty much standard,” Morgan said.

He added that the Government then has to decide which aspect of the process to follow, “based on the context of our society and what are our imperatives.”

“This is the standard operating procedure. But the Government makes decisions, over time, as to which aspect it will follow. But this is a very good guide, generally, to members of the public and other members as to how things should be done or could be done,” the Minister said.

Meanwhile, Morgan noted that mourning procedures apply largely to the Government, Ministries, Departments, and Agencies.

Accordingly, no celebratory activities should take place within the public sector during this period.

“For clarity, members of the public who wish to partake in the period of mourning may choose to act with constraint during this period. However, private events are not prohibited. Citizens may go about their normal affairs,” Minister Morgan informed.

Governor General, His Excellency,. Sir Patrick Allen, and Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, will attend the State Funeral for The Queen, at Westminster Abbey in London, on September 19.

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Claxton Bay fisherman dead in attack at sea

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Claxton Bay Fishing Association president Nicholson Seecharan speaks with media on Friday at the Claxton Bay fishing facility about the death of fisherman Lennox Joefield whose body was found at sea on Thursday evening. – Marvin Hamilton

A pirate attack at sea between Wednesday night and Thursday has left a fisherman dead, and his colleagues and friends are calling on the authorities to beef up security measures.

Lennox “Knox” Joefield’s body was fished out of the Gulf of Paria near Marabella on Thursday night and brought ashore at the Claxton Bay fishing depot, where he had lived for the past few years.

Claxton Bay Fishing association president Necolson Seecharan believed that Joefield, who was in his 50s, was attacked and thrown overboard.

Joefield left the depot on Wednesday night to go fishing. Fishermen were told the boat had been spotted in San Fernando with the engine, worth over $20,000, and net missing.

Fisherman Sean Johnson reacts to the death of his fishing partner Lennox Joefield at the Claxton Bay Fishing Facility on Friday. – Marvin Hamilton

Fishermen began searching for Joefield, and at around 5 pm, they found his body tangled in a net near Paria Trading Jetty.

Seecharan said Joefield was originally from Piparo, lived in Marabella for a few years, relocated to Claxton Bay, and slept at the depot.

On Friday, fisherman Sean Johnson wept at the depot, saying he had lost his best friend.

“We went San Fernando Boys’ RC together. He did not have a bad bone in his body. He would give his last to anyone. I feel as if part of me is gone. He was a true friend.

“They (pirates) touched everyone in Claxton Bay. They bring tears to everyone.”

Carli Bay Fishing Association president Imtiaz Khan, as well as corporate secretary of the NGO Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) Gary Aboud, joined fishermen at the depot and complained about the lack of protection at sea.

Fisherman Sean Johnson speaks to Newsday about the death of his fishing partner Lennox Joefield at the Claxton Bay Fishing Facility on Friday. – Marvin Hamilton

Aboud proposed that the Government set up a multi-stakeholder committee/a national security oceanic committee to address the fishermen’s woes.

That committee, he said, should include the Fisheries Division, the Coast Guard, the police, the regiment, the Ministry of National Security, and “perhaps the permanent secretary.”

Speaking on behalf of the disgruntled fishermen, Aboud said, “We are asking the Government to consider that we should be appointed honorary wardens. We should have some direct link to the senior members of national security. Wardens could report illegality, risks, hotspots, and smuggling areas.”

He said piracy is growing, and the Gulf of Paria is a hotspot. For that reason, stakeholders should increase their presence compared to other areas.

“That committee could dictate and direct the use of resources, the concerns of threats on the sea and could have a direct mechanism for reporting the reports of the honorary security wardens,” Aboud said.

“We have advised that our fishermen should arm themselves, I am told to say legally armed. A spear gun is a legal weapon. “

He believes fishermen need to be prepared and ready to flee any vessel approaching within 300 metres, and coming within such proximity should be considered an act of violation.

He made several allegations against the Prime Minister, government ministers, and the Venezuelan military, saying he had proof to back his claims.

Investigations are ongoing.

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No water at Mr Peter’s parlour: taps dry in Maraval hills

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Parts of Celestine Trace, Maraval have not had water in six weeks. Other residents said WASA water has not flowed since May.

Dozens of households pay $300 a week to private distributors to fill their tanks.

WASA says its water trucks cannot ascend the hill.

Celestine Trace rises high into the Maraval hillside overlooking Our Lady of Lourdes RC Church.

Frustrated, the community gathered at Mr Peter’s parlour to air their grievances to Newsday and to test for water in the line. Below a towering balata tree, midway up the hill, the test was done: there was no water.

Water is not usually delivered to homes beyond Peter’s parlour, but for the past six months, not even he gets any.

Thomas Rawlins said, “Like they forget we with water.”

He said of late, residents have to uncover their tanks when it rains to catch the run-off.

Rawlins’ neighbour Peter Mendez, the 84-year-old shopkeeper, said, “Since they put down the standpipe, it’s a monument,” referring to the fact that it is always dry and unusable.

To wash clothes, bathe, and cook, Mendez said he had to pay for a truck of water. “You can’t get the free truck-borne service from WASA,” he said. “When you talk to government workers, is a different story. They say the truck can’t go up the hill. So you have to pay a private truck $300.”

Joseph “Mauby” Celestine said he has been buying water weekly for three months –”Longer than that, but I talking really have to buy.

“We were supposed to get water three days a week. Then they boil it down to Monday and Friday, then Friday alone. Now it’s two six-hour nights – 12 in the night to five in the morning.”

When pipeborne water comes, Celestine said, his two 600-gallon tanks used to get half-filled. He heard homes lower down the hill were getting water, but at a very low pressure.

“Fifty years aback, water was a surety three days a week, whole day. Me eh know what going on now. Right now for the past six months, is the worst.”

Given the dry pipes, Celestine said he is not paying any WASA bill.

Gregorio Felician, who had been in contact with WASA, said the problems started since October last year. WASA told him they were caused by leaks in the area, but it did not have a backhoe.

Felician provided the backhoe and WASA provided the labour. By his account, when work started WASA did not have material and he had to buy what was needed – sand, gravel and a truckload of cement.

“We did everything they requested. After that, they said the pump break down, They fixed it. After that, it was a whole bunch of runaround.”

He said WASA engineers as well as the local MP, Colm Imbert, and Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales were well aware of their plight.

Councillor for the area Andy Felician said upper Celestine Trace never received water in its standpipe. He added that in the recent past, there has been a problem with the pump, so he and the MP have advocated for a new booster pump in Maraval.

“Pumps at present cannot push water to the highest standpipe, (but) once the booster is installed, that area should have regular water.”

He said water woes extended beyond Celestine Trace to neighbouring Clovis Trace and Moraldo as well.

HE said WASA had told him drivers simply cannot manoeuvre the hills of Paramin and environs, because of the size of their trucks and the weight of the water. He said residents have to rely on private contractors because they have smaller trucks, but that issue has to be addressed by WASA.

Corporate communications officer at WASA Daniel Plenty said repairs to one of the defective pumps at the Maraval service station had been completed over the past week.

Despite this, resident Manuelita Feliciane said after nearly four months “she had a full 24 hours of water, but after that, that was it.”

She said it reached her house, but her friend and neighbour who lived just a little higher up, Peter Mendez did not get any.

WASA corporate communications and operations manager Shaira Ali could not be reched for further comment after the partial success of repairs. Calls to MP Colm Imbert were also unanswered.

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Pinto residents on water shortage: ‘WASA overdoing it’

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If you visit Guanapo, you’ll see water pouring from numerous leaks in the potholed road. Residents say some have been flowing for years.

But communities served by the Guanapo water treatment plant struggle with an inconsistent supply. Areas affected include Guanapo, Maturita and Pinto.

Mt Zion resident Stacy-Ann Gonzales said water comes on Friday and Sunday, but “by 9 am it comes, but by 12 it’s gone.”

Though they are scheduled to receive water three times weekly, that is rarely the case. Residents often have to buy truckborne water. When water comes, Gonzales said, the pressure is often too low and it is discoloured.

Patricia Castillo from Sesame Street, Pinto Road said, “WASA overdoing it, in the sense that it should come Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, but it comes at 6, but by 2 o’clock they take it back.”

She said the supply should be 12 hours, between 6 am and 6 pm, but when WASA cuts it off early, “it doesn’t even have chance to full up the tanks.”

To bathe and flush toilets, residents rely on water stored in barrels.

Castillo, who has lived there for 40-odd years, said, “We used to get water every day. I only in the past few years they start doing this nonsense.”

Carlene Ramkisoon has led residents of her Sesame Street community to seek redress for their water woes. Since July 10, she has been in regular contact with Shaira Ali, operations manager at WASA.

Ramkisson said Ali promised to investigate and address their concerns, but is yet to do so.

She said the community is seeking fair compensation.

“When it is our scheduled days, a lot of the times it had rainfall or the pump has an issue.

“Water is supposed to be shared at least half of the following day, but WASA does not even update the community.”

“If you say we’re on a schedule, live up to the schedule – 6 am to 6pm.”

Newsday spoke to Roxanne Samuel, Mesha Ramlogan and Soogrim at La Retreat Road, Extension in Guanapo, a short way from theMemisa centre.

Soogrim said, “Two months now I suffering for water.” He said a leak in the road higher up had been flowing for about ten years, but it stopped two months ago, as another one began pouring.

Soogrim said he gets water once a week.

He and the others said WASA trucks drive on Guanapo Road every day, the drivers see the leaks and continue with business as usual.

WASA corporate communications and the operations manager could not be reached for comment up until press time.

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Tunapuna man chased, killed by gunmen

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A 23-year-old Tunapuna man was chased and shot dead by gunmen on Friday afternoon.

Police said Jerimiah Forde was walking with a friend on Maingot Road, Tunapuna, when they were approached by two men with guns.

Forde ran through a track and his friend ran in another direction.

One of the gunmen shot Forde several times, then got into a white car nearby.

Tunapuna police went to the area and found Forde’s body. A district medical officer visited the scene and declared Forde dead.

Police from the Homicide Bureau of Investigations Region II are continuing enquiries.

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SPEEDWORLD 16 SEP 2022

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Speedworld cu boso amigo di semper Hubert Furai Tiel.

E siman aki nos ta pone un tiki atencion na e Camacuri Harley Davidson Lazy Ride, cual a start den oranan di atardi na Hooiberg Store, pa despues core diferente ruta.

   Speedworld a tuma nota cu na caminda e grupo a tene diferente stop, pa tanto refresca, pero tambe pa hunga algun wega ariba brommer. Sigur algo hopi great pa experimenta.

   Asina tambe despues e grupo a bay te cu Faro Blanco pa goza di un bunita Sunset. Henter e grupo a goza y Speedworld ta felicita CHDG pa cu e tremendo trip aki.

   Shonnan te cu otro siman si papa Dios permiti bo sirbidor esey, pero prome corda cu ariba caya ta pa trip trankilo y goza bida, laga coremento duro ariba caya pa nos amihonan di Polis, Ambulance, Brandweer.











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Pierre L?ger : Ce qui s’est pass? au Sri Lanka peut arriver en Ha?ti

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Depuis que le gouvernement a annonc? l’ajustement ? la hausse des prix des produits p?troliers, ? Port-au-Prince comme dans les villes de provinces, la population ne d?col?re pas. Le jeudi 15 septembre 2022, des sc?nes de pillage ont ?t? enregistr?es un peu partout ? travers le pays. L’homme d’affaires Pierre Leger, intervenant sur Magik9 ce jeudi, a indiqu? que ce qui se passe dans le pays ?tait pr?visible. <>, a-t-il fait remarquer.

Pierre Leger rappelle avoir pr?dit des jours sombres dans le Sud, o? il a son sph?re d’activit?. <>, avait pr?venu sans d?tour l’agronome Pierre L?ger, ? la matinale de Magik 9 (100.9 FM), lundi 16 ao?t 2022. <>, a alert? l’industriel

<>, a indiqu? Pierre L?ger. <> avait insist? L?ger. <>, avait martel? Pierre L?ger, estimant que les politiques et tous les messieurs de Port-au-Prince insultent les pauvres gens.

Dans le Sud, la d?cision du gouvernement d’ajuster ? la hausse les prix du p?trole ? attiser la col?re des citoyens <>, regrette l’industriel.

Le gouvernement manque de transparence dans le processus de modification de la structure des prix du p?trole, a d?plor? l’homme d’affaires. <>, croit l’agronome.

Sur Magik9 le mercredi 14 septembre 2022, le ministre des Affaires Sociales et du Travail n’?tait pas en mesure de dire s’il y a eu des discussions avec des partenaires sociaux et des syndicalistes avant la d?cision prise en conseil des ministres. <>, a mentionn? Odney Pierre Ricot.

Par ailleurs, l’agronome estime que la chance qu’on a jusqu’? pr?sent, pendant ces manifestations, c’est qu’il y a une partie de la Police Nationale d’Ha?ti qui est professionnelle. Il n’y a pas de b?vue polici?re. S’il en avait ce serait fatal pour le gouvernement >>, a d?clar? Pierre L?ger qui pense que ce qui s’est pass? au Sri Lanka en juillet 2022 peut arriver en Ha?ti, puisque, dit-il, ceux qui sont au pouvoir ne sont pas ? l’?coute de la population

Le secteur priv? doit faire plus que des notes et des communiqu?s

R?agissant sur la note du regroupement patronal, Pierre Leger pense que le secteur priv? des affaires se doit d’?tre plus sinc?re dans leurs prises de position. <>, a indiqu? l’industriel. <>, a-t-il rench?rit

<>, soutient Pierre L?ger qui croit qu’au plan politique, <>.

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Les quatre issues

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Devenue irr?futable et apparement in?luctable, la multiforme crise ha?tienne impose avec urgence une solution. Disons d’embl?e qu’il s’agit, avant tout, d’une crise politique dont la gen?se est la lutte pour le pouvoir. Quelles seraient les possibles issues pour arr?ter cette descente aux enfers ?

D’abord un pr?alable. D’un c?t? il ne para?t gu?re possible, ne serait-ce que pour des raisons g?opolitiques et historiques (l’exemple de la R?volution Cubaine), miser sur une hypoth?tique issue r?volutionnaire. De l’autre, il est inadmisible que le pourrissement de cette catastrophe devienne une norme.

Nous savons tous que la capacit? d’endurer la souffrance du peuple ha?tien est ?lastique et tend vers infini. Certains ?trangers voient m?me une qualit? lorqu’ils ?voquent leur caract?re r?silient ! ?tant donn? sa naissance aux forceps au d?but du XIX?me si?cle, certains Ha?tiens voient une sorte d’expiation historique. Pour moi, ni l’une ni l’autre interpr?tation doit ?tre retenue. J’ai un seul et unique objectif : mettre fin ? ce calvaire permanent car aucun peuple ne doit ?tre soumis ? autant d’?preuves. Point.

Voyons donc, ensuite, quels sont les quatre issues possible.

La premi?re est la possibilit? d’une nouvelle Op?ration de Maintien de la Paix des Nations Unies, une sorte de MINUSTAH II. Elle me para?t improbable. Ses seuls soutiens sont le Gouvernement dominicain et Luis Almagro de l’OEA. Tous les deux y comptent peu. En plus, il est impossible d’effacer le r?cent et r?tentissant ?chec de la MINUSTAH I (2004-2017). Enfin, il faudrait une R?solution du Conseil de S?curit? des Nations Unies. Or, la conjoncture internationale et les r?ticences chinoises et russes exprim?s lors des derniers d?bats sur Ha?ti montrent que ces deux pays, d?tenteurs du pouvoir de veto, ne seraient pas enclins ? cette solution. Sans mentionner ?videmment les r?ticences des ?tats de la r?gion. N’oublions pas qu’absent l’apport militaire de l’Am?rique du Sud – jusqu’? 73% du total des ses Casques Bleus – la MINUSTAH I n’aurait pas eu lieu.

La deuxi?me issue serait faire r?alit? le fervant d?sir des nationalistes de la droite dominicaine et d’Edmond Mulet pour un retour ? 1915. Sous le couvert d’urgence humanitaire, les Marines US occuperait le pays. Avec un culot sans limite et sans vergogne, Mulet ose donner des conseils. Or, l’Histoire r?cente d?montre son r?le de premier plan dans l’origine de la crise actuelle. N’emp?che qu’il propose en novembre 2019 que <>.

Existe-t-il un aveu plus clair d’un ?chec lorsque le diplomate fait appel au militaire pour faire ce que lui aurait d? faire ? Sachant que les D?mocrates sont tout autant interventionnistes que les R?publicains, cette <> n’est pas ? exclure.

La troisi?me issue serait une solution exclusivement ha?tienne avec la signature et la mise en oeuvre d’un Accord entre les diff?rents Accords. Essentiellement entre les actuels occupants du pouvoir et l’Accord de Montana.

Depuis Max Weber on sait que l’action en politique est tributaire de l’antith?se entre deux morales : celle de la responsabilit? et celle de la conviction. La premi?re guide Ariel Henry et le Core Groupe. La deuxi?me sert d’inspiration ? l’Accord de Montana.

Jusqu’? pr?sent ces deux morales ne se rencontrent pas. Et pour cause ! Car les deux, tout en jurant les pieds joints qu’ils feront appel aux ?lecteurs, en fait veulent commander une nouvelle transition (la douzi?me depuis 1986 !).

Aux antipodes de l’Ha?tianit? – caract?re de ce qui est ha?tien – le pays est touch? par le v?rus de l’Ha?tianite (sans accent). De quoi s’agi-t-il ? Il s’agit de la discorde dominante a m?me de d?chirer le tissu social. Les politiques se regardent en chien de fa?ence, se consid?rent comme des ennemis et chacun s’adjuge le titre de repr?sentant des int?r?ts du peuple. La m?fiance est partout. La malhon?tet? intellectuelle s’impose, la loyaut? dispara?t, personne ne fait amende honorable et ne reconna?t ses erreurs et encore moins l’?ventuel m?rite de l’adversaire devenu bellig?rant ? abattre. Dans ces conditions, il devient impossible une solution exclusivement ha?tienne.

Donc, la quatri?me issue fait appel ? une m?diation internationale. Je suis conscient de ses limites et limitations. ?galement de ses ?checs par le pass?. Il n’emp?che que c’est la seule et n?anmoins ?troite voie possible. J’oserais m?me avancer l’hypoth?se que cette m?diation doit souffler le chaud et le froid. Doit ?tre en mesure d’accorder des prix et des troph?s. Mais ?galement des punitions. Pour utiliser une formulation trop connue dans les Am?riques : <>. Sans quoi elle ne r?ussira pas.

Pour cel? il faut des personnalit?s respect?es, au-dessus de tout soup?on, expertes en <> et ?galement d?tentrices d’un pouvoir moral, politique et mat?riel. Le lecteur se rend compte que ces oiseaux rares ne sont pas habitu?s des cieux ha?tiens.

Il n’emp?che, enfin, que nous posions la question que f?che : est-ce que les acteurs ha?tiens veulent mettre un point final ? cette h?catombe ? Ou, comme souvent moi-m?me j’ai soutenu, ? savoir que la crise permanente est le r?sultat d’un <> sciemment entretenu.

Or il faudrait une culture du compromis, de la responsabilit? collective, un sens de l’int?r?t public, une compr?hension de l’Histoire. Bref, une culture d?mocratique o? la politique devient la science du possible et non la tribune de la d?magogie.

L’histoire r?cente du pays n’incite gu?re ? l’optimisme. Cependant pour Ha?ti dans sa marche insens? vers le chaos, c’est le seul sentier possible avant la chute dans le pr?cipice de la d?cheance comme nation.

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Au coeur du peyi l?k

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1. Mardi 13 septembre 2022. Le ciel est gris sombre. De la couleur de la fum?e des pneus qui br?lent dans les rues. Il est onze heures du matin ? Delmas 60. Le quartier, habituellement paisible a tout l’air d’une zone de guerre. Malgr? le r?tablissement de l’?lectricit? depuis la nuit, les bruits habituels des radios se font rares, tr?s rares. Le silence r?gne. L’incertitude est visible dans les regards, sur les visages et dans la voix de mes colocataires qui se demandent quand prendra fin ce pays lock qui trouble leur vie quotidienne… De temps en temps, j’entends des tirs qui troublent cette paix suspecte. <>, crie une voisine ? une fillette, la voix charg?e de col?re et de d?sespoir.

2. Dehors, sur la grande rue du quartier, il est presque impossible de traverser les barricades pour se rendre sur l’autoroute de Delmas. J’habite cette rue depuis deux ans. C’est la premi?re fois que la zone est bloqu?e ? ce point. Les barricades arrivent ? hauteur d’homme. Les pi?tons se plaignent et r?clament la permission de d?gager un petit espace pour pouvoir passer pour aller se ravitailler. Des morceaux de bois, des pancartes en m?tal, des barres de fer, des feuilles mortes sont les objets utilis?s par les protestataires pour barricader les routes.

3. Carrefour Delmas 60. Les militants f?tent leur exploit. Ils chantent. Ils dansent. Ils demandent aux autorit?s de ne pas augmenter le prix du carburant. <>, dit un jeune manifestant. Comme si Ariel Henry ?coutait ses revendications.

4. Un groupuscule de manifestants ? chaque carrefour. Leur refrain : “Kanpe d?y? barikad nou”. Le pays est l?k. Delmas est plong? dans le d?sespoir, le chaos. Des tessons de bouteilles, des roues en caoutchouc, des tables renvers?es jonchent toutes les entr?es des ruelles. De temps ? autre, un manifestant lance une bouteille sur les barricades afin d’intimider les chauffeurs de taxi qui transportent les journalistes.

5. Le petit espace r?serv? aux pi?tons est juste et laisse ? peine passer un homme. Et il faut y aller vite. ? grand pas. Sans perdre de temps. Souvent ce sont des passants d?sesp?r?s. Des gens qui ont ?t? bloqu?s chez un ami, un proche. Le pays l?k est un ?v?nement impr?vu. Pas de date, pas d’heure.

6. Les manifestants sont heureux comme Ulysse. Sur la route ils installent des tables de jeux : domino, ?chec, ludo. M?me dans le malheur et dans l’incertitude, il y a de la place pour le rire, l’amour, le partage. <>, dit un homme qui se consid?re comme un champion de domino. Un oeil sur la table. Un oeil sur la barricade. Les autres ?clatent de rires. Ils boivent du rhum et du whisky bon march?. Le pays l?k est une f?te aussi. ? sa mani?re.

7. Entre deux barricades, les jeunes jouent au foot. Ils jouent au tir au but. Parfois, pour de l’argent. Ils sont tranquilles sur cette route parsem?e de piles de fatras et de tessons de bouteille. Toutes les portes sont ferm?es : les supermarch?s, les magasins, les bars. Pas une pr?sence polici?re de Delmas 60 jusqu’? ma destination ? Delmas 30.

8. ? Delmas 75, un groupe de jeunes encagoul?s avec leurs T-shirt crient haut et fort “Aba Ariel Henry” tout en ?rigeant des objets m?talliques et des poteaux sur la route. Une chorale de balles chante subitement. La pression monte. Les passants essaient de traverser vite. Bousculades, empressement, le bruit des rafales a troubl? les esprits.

9. Pendant que je m’?chappe, un vieil homme saisit ma main et la serre tr?s fort. Il tremble de peur. Ses yeux sont humides. J’ai en face de moi l’homme le plus malheureux du monde. Une loque humaine. <>. Il tombe lourdement sur le sol. Il a perdu toute sa force. Sa voix est comme un fardeau qu’il ne peut emporter. Il a de ces gestes… path?tiques. Il met sa main sur son ventre. <>, chuchote le sexag?naire. Sa chemise bleue est blanchie par le temps. Le pauvre a un handicap. Il se l?ve et bo?te. Il a perdu le sens de l’orientation. Le bruit de la ville, surement. Je l’aide ? avancer. “Tenez bon, monsieur. O? habitez-vous?”

10. ? Delmas 69, un groupe de manifestants discutent entre eux. Ils veulent br?ler la pompe ? essence situ?e au coin de la rue. Un autre groupe s’y oppose.

12. Une vieille dame avec un panier de pain sur sa t?te se prom?ne comme si de rien n’?tait. La rue est sa demeure. Elle vend son pain comme des petits p?t?s chauds.

Marc Sony Ricot

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R?volte populaire et paralysie des activit?s en Ha?ti ? l’occasion de la journ?e internationale de la d?mocratie

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Ha?ti se r?veille dans un atmosph?re d’insurrection populaire ? l’occasion de la Journ?e internationale de la d?mocratie, jeudi 15 septembre.

Un peu partout dans le pays, la col?re populaire se manifeste. Le pays vit au rythme des sc?nes de pillages, des tron?ons de routes bloqu?s depuis le d?but de la semaine.

En ce 15eme anniversaire de la Journ?e internationale de la d?mocratie c?l?br?e ce jeudi 15 septembre, l’Organisation des Nations-Unies (ONU) dit constater que que la d?mocratie recule.

“La sph?re publique se r?tr?cit. La m?fiance et la d?sinformation gagnent du terrain. Et la polarisation sape les institutions d?mocratiques”, a reconnu l’ONU.

Dans son message de circonstance, le secr?taire g?n?ral de l’ONU en a profit? pour tirer la sonnette d’alarme. <>, a-t-il d?clar?.

? propos d’Ha?ti, le secr?taire g?n?ral de l’ONU, Ant?nio Guterres a mentionn? que cette journ?e se d?roule alors que le pays traverse une “crise sans pr?c?dent sur le plan politique, s?curitaire, ?conomique et humanitaire, et qui affecte au plus haut point les populations les plus vuln?rables, particuli?rement ceux vivant dans les secteurs contr?l?s par les bandes arm?es”.

“La paix, la s?curit? et le d?veloppement sont fondamentaux ? la d?mocratie. Le syst?me des Nations-Unies continuera d’accompagner le pays dans la poursuite d’un avenir plus s?r et plus prosp?re pour toutes les Ha?tiennes et tous les Ha?tiens”, a indiqu? M. Guterres dans son message.

Lors du 9e Sommet des Am?riques ? Los Angeles au mois de juin dernier, le Premier ministre Ariel Henry a ?voqu? la crise ha?tienne marqu?e par un recul de la d?mocratisation, la violence aveugle des gangs, la fuite massive des jeunes et des cadres vers d’autres cieux.

Depuis plusieurs ann?es, alors que le mandat des ?lus arrive ? termes, la population ha?tienne n’a jamais ?t? convoqu?e ? ces comices pour ?lire des nouveaux repr?sentants ? la Chambre des d?put?s, aux diff?rents Conseils municipaux, au S?nat de la R?publique et voir ? la pr?sidence. Le Premier ministre Ariel Henry, d?sign? par le feu pr?sident Jovenel Mo?se reste aux timons des affaires un an apr?s l’assassinat du pr?sident Jovenel Mo?se.

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