The paradox of power
a note from the editorial staff
The Government Commissioner of Port-au-Prince, Tet Kale Elder Guillaume, returns to the charge after the spectacular escape of thousands of prisoners from the National Penitentiary. Instead of resigning for incompetence, he makes a spectacle of himself by announcing decisions based on a 1946 law that he has no way of applying in 2024, since time has passed.
Me Elder Guillaume, who, like Emmelie Prophete, had promised to flush out the fugitives, moved on to another act of bad taste. While the gangs mercilessly ravage the capital’s institutions such as the General Hospital and the Faculty of Medicine, the Commissioner, clinging to his post, suddenly wakes up from his lethargy and publishes a press release as useless as it is ironic: the ban on ‘buy fuel in yellow gallons.
This seemingly derisory measure provoked laughter and strong questions about its relevance and effectiveness, especially since the product in question is rarely available at ordinary gas pumps. The commissioner undoubtedly motivated his action with regard to the police intervention to secure the fuel supply points of Cité-Soleil, a task which should have been a priority long before the flames of anarchy ravaged the city. city and the entire Republic.
But the irony reaches its climax when this same commissioner threatens to take action against anyone (wretched and wretched unarmed split livers) would dare violate his decree, ignoring the elephant in the room: the gangs and terrorists who enabled the mass escape of inmates from the national penitentiary remain strangely absolved of all responsibility. Rotten teeth have pits on ripe bananas, that’s true!
An authority which, while claiming to act for the common good, which would be good, is powerless in the face of real threats and prefers to stick to symbolic and superficial measures. As Port-au-Prince burns, the government commissioner, like a captain on a sinking ship, clings desperately to his post, issuing empty decrees and ignoring the cries of distress of his own population driven from “lost territories”. » by violent terrorists on a mission. What a paradox! Wow, there’s always a cowboy in town!
