P-au-P, August 23, 2024 [AlterPresse] — The platform of peasant organizations 4 Is Contra calls on the Presidential Transitional Council (CPT) to put forward the restoration of security in relation to the organization of elections in Haiti, in a note seen by the online agency AlterPresse.
At present, the organization of elections is not the most urgent priority in the face of crucial problems, such as crime, which has an impact on the overall functioning of society in Haiti, she emphasizes.
She advocates for the publication, in the official newspaper “Le Moniteur”, of the agreement of April 3, 2024, the true basis for the functioning of power.
This political agreement for a peaceful and orderly transition was signed on April 3, 2024, by various political protagonists, with a view to resolving the political impasse.
On what basis will the CPT and the government of Prime Minister Garry Conille hold elections in the country, when no control body has been set up and when 3 CPT members’ names cited in corruption scandal ?, asks the platform of peasant organizations 4 Is Contra.
She denounces the “fraudulent” way in which the CPT is preparing to set up the board of directors of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP).
In a note dated August 21, 2024, the platform 4 is a counter criticizes the decision of the National network of Haitian peasants (Renapa) (little known in Haiti) to send to the Cpt the name of Jacques Céus as representative of the peasant sector, without consultations with the other peasant organizations and without organizing elections or reaching consensus.
Chosen to ensure the coordination of this process with Renapa, the platform 4 Is Contra reports having written several letters to the Cpt, to alert him to the poor progress of the process.
But, she received no response to her warnings.
This indifference clearly shows how much peasant organizations are victims of a plot fomented at the highest level, considers the platform of peasant organizations. 4 Is Contrabringing together The head of the Haitian peasant (Tk), National Peasant Movement Congress Papáy (MPNKP), Regional coordination of Southeast organization (cross country), Papáy Peasant Movement (Mpp).
She asks the Cpt to relaunch the process with real peasant organizations, to make it reliable, honest and democratic.
Elections to renew political personnel have not been able to be organized for several years in Haiti.
The security situation has deteriorated across the country, particularly in the metropolitan area of the capital, Port-au-Prince, which is more than 80% besieged by armed gangs, and in the department of Artibonite.
More than 600,000 people have already been forced to move within Haiti since 2023. [mff emb rc apr 26/08/2024 13:40]
