Haiti – General Elections: PM Conille skeptical
16/08/2024 09:30:40
The Caribbean Community (Caricom) will supervise the general elections in Haiti. Prime Minister Conille welcomed the initiative during a meeting with eminent personalities of this organization, on a mission to Haiti until August 16 to assess the political situation in the country and supervise progress in the establishment of transitional bodies.
However, Conille has recently joined the list of politicians sceptical about holding a general election in 2026.
This attitude of the Head of Government stems from the slowness displayed by the international community which is slow to implement the Mission to support the maintenance of security in Haiti authorized by the UN Security Council.
Prime Minister Garry Conille in an interview last week for the BBC World Service’s Hard Talk podcast with Stephen Sackur https://www.haitilibre.com/article-42944-haiti-politique-la-tenue-d-elections-ce-sera-vraiment-difficile-si.html had declared ” […] The Haitian people are extremely patient, the team formed for the transition is very fragile and is based on the expectation that international support will arrive soon […] If the country does not receive the promised security aid soon, it will be very difficult to hold general elections in 2026. […] hence the importance that Haiti’s partners and neighboring countries respect their commitments,” Conille said.
Let us recall that the Commander of the Kenyan forces, Godfrey Otunge, had declared at the beginning of August: ” […] The armored vehicles provided by the United States are used to transport troops but do not allow us to fight against armed gangs… ” https://www.haitilibre.com/article-42900-haiti-actualite-zapping.html requesting from Americans, combat armored vehicles equipped with a turret. Similarly, the mission finds it necessary to have at least one combat helicopter to respond to the situation… https://www.haitilibre.com/article-42951-haiti-flash-weapons-munitions-and-armored-vehicles-arrivent-en-renfort.html
Without this equipment, the offensive against the gangs will not be able to materialize and Haiti remains, for the moment, waiting for the Americans to deliver this equipment.
SL/ HaitiLibre
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