P-to-P, April 17, 2024 [AlterPresse] — Applause as well as the wish to see Haiti take another direction are expressed, after the publication, Tuesday evening, April 16, 2024, of the reproduced order appointing the 9 members of the Presidential Transitional Councilaccording to statements seen by the online agency AlterPresse.
“Tomorrow will be another country, a country built on new foundations,” declared, on his X account, Edgard Leblanc Fils, appointed by the Collective of Political Parties of January 30, 2023 to the Presidential Transitional Council.
“A new country is germinating. Nothing will stop the change, which is taking place at all levels of society. This movement may experience setbacks; observe downtime. But, irreversibly, tomorrow will be another country. A country built on new foundations,” says former senator Leblanc Fils, in a tweet dated February 7, 2022, republished on April 16, 2024 on his X account.
The publication of the decree on the Presidential Transitional Council constitutes a step taken. Other important steps are to come for the establishment of the necessary structures, for the implementation of the major reconstruction projects of our country for all its daughters and all its sons, affirms Fritz Alphonse Jean, designated by the Agreement of August 30, 2021, known as the Montana Agreement, within the Presidential Transitional Council.
On the evening of Tuesday April 16, 2024, the government formally published the order appointing the 9 members of the Presidential Transitional Councilfrom various sectors and political parties, through the X account of the de facto prime minister’s office, after more than 24 hours of confusion around this appointment.
The decree, taken in the council of ministers, is initialed by the outgoing de facto prime minister, Ariel Henry, who is abroad, and the other members of the government.
According to article 1 of the decree, the Presidential Council includes the following seven voting members: Smith Augustin, Louis Gérald Gilles, Fritz Alphonse Jean, Edgard Leblanc fils, Laurent St Cyr, Emmanuel Vertilaire and Leslie Voltaire.
The two non-voting members (observers) are Régine Abraham and Frinel Joseph.
“To speed up the current process, it is necessary to appoint the members of the Presidential Transitional Council, with the responsibility for them to submit the required documents subsequently within a reasonable time and that if they cannot do so, they will be obliged to resign,” specifies, in its decree, the resigning government.
It becomes almost impossible to carry out a counter-verification, by the Council of Ministers, of the eligibility of the people designated by the different sectors, parties to the political consensus, explains the de facto government, as if to save face vis-à-vis suspicions of blocking the steps aimed at the installation of the Presidential Transitional Council.
The Presidential Transitional Council will do everything possible to give the Haitian National Police (PNH) the necessary means to help it accomplish its work more efficiently, promises, in a pre-recorded video, Leslie Voltaire, designated by the political organization Avalanche family to the Presidential Transitional Council.
Leslie Voltaire takes the opportunity to congratulate the national police officers who, despite the dangers, the increase in crime in the country and their difficult working conditions, remain faithful to the mission of the Pnh, which is to serve.
“Security is the priority of all Haitians.”
One person cannot pull the country back into chaos. We need the contribution of everyone to rebuild Haiti. All groups and sectors, especially young people, Haitians in the diaspora, should play their role, he emphasizes.
Youth must engage in political life at all levels and make their voice heard, hopes Leslie Voltaire, advocating unity in favor of Haiti’s development.
“Haiti is taking a turning point in its history, where the destiny of each and every one of us will depend on this body,” reacted, in a tweet, the president of the National Transitional Council (Cnt), resulting from the agreement of 30 August 2021, called the Montana Agreement, James Beltis, after the official publication of the order appointing the Presidential Transitional Council.
“We have just experienced a period of 15 years, during which delinquency and the trivialization of everything that makes us a country, a people, became public policies, until the collapse of the State. The behavior of the Presidential Transitional Council will tell us if we change course,” Beltis said, urging vigilance. [emb rc apr 17/04/2024 13:45]
