At the call of the “Voices of the Voiceless” Platform, a new day of street demonstrations took place on Thursday February 1, 2024, in Les Cayes, in the south of the country. The primary objective of the protesters remains the same: “to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry on February 7 2024.»
THE HAITI FACTOR, February 1, 2024._The city of Les Cayes does not intend to turn back in the fight launched to force Prime Minister Ariel Henry to leave power on February 7, 2024. It is with this in mind that several dozen Cayens won, again, this Thursday , the streets of the country’s 3rd city.
This new day of anti-government mobilization was organized at the initiative of the “Voice of the Voiceless” platform. It all started in the middle of the day, near Place Dame des Cayes.
A few minutes after kick-off, protesters marched through several streets of the city to make their demands. Holding in their hands a coffin with a photo bearing the image of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, the Cayens, as the Capois had done at the start of the week, sang the symbolic funeral of the Head of Government.
« To God Ariel Henry“, they wrote on the photo attached to the coffin.
The demonstrators took advantage of this new outing to attack the American Under-Secretary of State for Hemispheric Affairs, Bryan Nichols. They ask him to stop interfering on behalf of the United States in the political affairs of Haiti. They also sang the symbolic funeral of the American.
They also make ribald remarks against the tenant of the Prime Minister as well as the Ministers of his Government.
« The time has come for the neurosurgeon to bow out. Too much blood has been spilled, too many people murdered. After 31 months of failure, it is time to listen to the voice of youth and demonstrate wisdom in order to prevent the country from sinking further into chaos. “, they spat.
For a third week in a row, activities are paralyzed in the country’s third largest city. Schools and commercial businesses are operating slowly 6 days before February 7, 2024.
THE HAITI FACTOR (LFH) / Frantzou Laguerre
