P-au-P, August 08, 2024 [AlterPresse] — The Civil Society Initiative (CSI) calls on the transitional authorities to deploy, in concert with the international community, “efforts commensurate with their responsibilities and the current challenge, both in terms of financing, personnel, equipment, ammunition and expertise”, in a note sent to the online agency AlterPresse
She asks them to take the measure of the danger which threatens Haiti and the region.
“The troops and equipment in place cannot suffice,” deplores the ISC, stressing how much the establishment of the National Security Council (CNS) represents “a necessity.”
As part of a Multinational Security Support Mission (MMAS) in Haiti, a The first contingent of 200 Kenyan police officers arrived on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. in the country, followed by 200 more deployed on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 in Haiti, where armed gangs continue to reign terror.
During a press conference, given on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, upon returning to Haiti after his participation in the 47th meeting of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), in Grenada, the coordinator of actions at the Presidential Transitional Council (CPT), Edgard Leblanc Fils, pointed out the weaknesses in materials and equipment of the Haitian National Police (PNH), supported by the MMAS.
The supervision and support of the mission in Haiti is not accompanied by sufficient equipment, despite the presence of personnel, noted Cpt.
Gunfire from armed bandits forced the security forces to cover the motorcade of the head of the transitional government, Garry Conilleat the end of an evaluation visit, on Monday, July 29, 2024, at the premises of the State University of Haiti Hospital (Hueh).
Garry Conille was accompanied by members of his government, the interim director general of the Haitian National Police (PNH), Rameau Normil, and the commander of the Multinational Mission for Security Support (MMAS) in Haiti, Godfrey Otunge, during this visit to the largest public hospital in the capital, Port-au-Prince, better known as the general hospital.
The Civil Society Initiative condemns the criminal attacks by armed gangs, which target “even the retinue of the highest state authorities.”
While ignoring the call of Prime Minister Garry Conille inviting them to lay down their arms and recognize the authority of the Statearmed gangs are organizing to resist and face the interventions of combined national and multinational forces, recruiting and stocking up on weapons and ammunition, denounces the Civil Society Initiative.
“National and international organized crime is determined to keep Haiti as a weak and chaotic state, unable to protect its population and provide them with the most basic services, such as security, health, education, or even the possibility of survival.”
The Republic of Haiti continues to be used by criminals as a space of operation and transit for their trafficking of all kinds, reports the ISC.
On the afternoon of Tuesday, August 6, 2024, Armed gangs murdered around ten people and shot and injured another in the communes of Cabaret and Arcahaie (more than 40 km on national road No. 1, north of Port-au-Prince), informed the AlterPresse/AlterRadio platform the interim executive agent of Arcahaïe, Jean Edner Gilles. [emb rc apr 08/08/2024 13:10]
