P-au-P., March 12, 2024 [AlterPresse] — The former holder (March 24, 1999 – March 2, 2001) of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Mjsp), Me. Camille Leblanc, calls for the disarmament of armed gangs, which sow terror in Haiti, and to judge them for their actions.
The leaders of armed gangs, who have serious cases, can voluntarily surrender to the State, which will disarm them, so that they can be judged, wishes Me. Camille Leblanc, on the show TiChezBabroadcast on AlterRadio 106.1 Fm and various other Internet platforms, and followed by the online agency AlterPresse.
While encouraging gang leaders to appear before the courts to answer for their actions, he also suggests identifying ways to disarm the thousands of young people who are part of these gangs, and integrating them into training processes. .
However, “there is no question of integrating gangs into governments. Gangs cannot be part of a solution to the crisis,” warns Leblanc, who spoke on the problem of armed gangs in the country.
“If we cannot show how much someone participated in acts of assassination, crimes and rapes, we must integrate them into the political dialogue,” he adds, noting how the intransigence of the international community has led Haiti to this deleterious situation.
The worsening, since Thursday February 29, 2024, of the security situation in Port-au-Prince places armed gangs at the heart of current concerns.
The escalation of violence, caused since Thursday February 29, 2024 in the capital, Port-au-Prince, by armed gangs, has prevented the de facto Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, to return to Haiti.
After this show of force by armed gangs, which forced Ariel Henry to stay abroad, the former police officer Guy Philippe, who declares that he advocates a so-called “peaceful” “revolution”, suggested that he would be ready to implement an amnesty program for gang leaders in Haiti, once elected president, in an interview with Reuters newspaper.
Having been stranded in Puerto Rico since Tuesday March 5, 2024, the de facto Prime Minister, looking dejected, finally resigned, in an address to the nation, which was broadcast on the evening of Monday March 11, 2024.
The announcement of his resignation was also made in KingstonJamaica, by Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of Guyana and the Caribbean Community (Caricom).
Armed groups have destroyed state institutions. Some of them committed extremely serious acts, such as rape and kidnapping, denounces Camille Leblanc.
We must put an end to the networks, which launder money for gangs and supply them with weapons and ammunition, he demands.
He considers it important to resolve the problem of armed gangs, which sow terror in Haiti, while calling for the creation of a structure to reflect, propose and deal with this issue.
Reacting to the curfew, decreed on Sunday March 3, 2024 by the de facto government to deal with the violence of armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, the former Minister of Justice affirms that security response work was needed , before declaring a state of emergency for the West department.
The de facto government should convene a Superior Council of the National Police (Cspn), extended to the high command of the Armed Forces of Haiti, to raise the problem of security and consider security responses, he advises.
To resolve the current situation, public order must be restored, he insists.
State of emergency and ban on all demonstrations on public roads
As part of the state of emergency, decreed until April 3, 2024 in the West department, which includes the capital, Port-au-Prince, the de facto authorities have once again renewed a curfew, from March 11 to 14, 2024, from 7:00 p.m. (11:00 p.m. GMT) to 5:00 a.m. (9:00 GMT).
“During the period of the state of emergency, all demonstrations on public roads are prohibited, day or night, in the West department,” recalled, in a press release dated Monday 11 March 2024, the de facto holder of the Ministry of the Economy and Finance (Mef), Michel Patrick Boisvert, who is acting in the absence of Ariel Henry.
“Consequently, the police were ordered to use all legal means at their disposal, with a view to enforcing the curfew and apprehending all offenders,” we read in the press release. .
Restoring state authority
The former head of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Mjsp), Me Camille Leblanc, recommends creating a council, which will have the task of setting up a government to reestablish the authority of the State and public order.
This council should be made up of five members, with people with the capacity to provide solutions, he proposes, while speaking out in favor of a commission of continuous dialogue for pacification and appeasement.
Following the proposal of the Haitian sectors, a presidential transition council of seven voting members and two observers will be set upsaid the President of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), during the press conference in Kingston, Monday March 11, 2024.
Voting members will come from the following entities and sectors: Collective January 30, 2023, Agreement of December 21, 2022, Democratic Resistance (Red)/Engaged for Development (Ede), AvalancheMontana, Son of Dessalines and private sector.
The two non-voting observers will come from civil society and the religious sector.
This council, which will have to appoint a new interim prime minister, should include neither indicted people nor those under international sanctions, who are opposed to the United Nations (UN) resolution in favor of the deployment of the Multinational Security Support Mission (Mmas) in Haiti or who are candidates for the next elections.
7 proposals for ending the crisis were sent to Caricom over the past weekend by Haitian political sectors. [mff emb rc apr 12/03/2024 12:10]
