P-to-P, April 24, 2024 [AlterPresse] — The Collective of December 4, 2013 declares that it expects from the Presidential Transitional Council, once in office, the immediate restoration of security, economic recovery and re-institutionalization of the country, in a note dated April 24, 2024, transmitted to the online agency AlterPresse.
It is urgent to restore the rule of law, order and peace in the country, he insists.
The Collective of December 4, 2013 recommends strengthening and supervising the National Police of Haiti (Pnh) and the Armed Forces of Haiti (Fad’h), two constitutional and legal institutions, so that they can fully play their roles respective.
The Pnh will take care of public security, while the Fad’h will ensure national security and territorial integrity, wishes the Collective of December 4, 2013.
“All those who live in our country only ask to be able to freely go about their business throughout the entire territory,” he declares, describing “an alarming, confusing and full of reality. anxiety “.
From January to March 2024, around 2,500 people have been killed or injured due to armed gang violencean increase of 53% compared to the quarter from October to December 2023, according to a report from the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (Binuh), published on Friday April 19, 2024.
The Collective of December 4, 2013 evokes an exceptional situation of institutional vacuum, generated and maintained in particular by the governors of the last 15 years.
Haiti no longer has a president since the assassination, on July 7, 2021, of Jovenel Moïsewho was pleased to declare the parliament obsolete in January 2021.
Political negotiations, initiated under the auspices of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), made it possible to initiate a process of establishing a Presidential Transitional Council following the announcement of the resignation, on Monday March 11, 2024, of de facto Prime Minister Ariel Henrypressured by the United States of America and gang action in Port-au-Prince.
Thursday April 25, 2024 is the date chosen for the official installation of the Presidential Transitional Councilappointed on April 16, 2024.
The ceremony will take place at the Welcome Villa, located in the heights of Bourdon/Musseau (eastern sector), at 10:00 am (2:00 p.m. GMT), according to the details provided. [emb rc apr 24/04/204 10:10]
