Port-au-Prince, April 22, 2024 [AlteerPresse] — During the month of April 2024, a delegation of Kenyan pastors, who are related to the presidency of this African country, discussed Zoom with Jimmy Chérizier (Babekyou), the head of the gang alliance in Haiti, which is called Living Together. One of the objectives of these discussions, would be to understand what is happening on the territory of Haiti, if the Kenyan police were to take the lead of a multinational force that was supposed to be deployed on the territory of Haiti. This is what a Kenyan pastor who was in the delegation told the internet space called Christianity Today, AlterPresse and AlterRadio.
On the night of Saturday, April 20, 2024, bandits with weapons attacked and ransacked the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of the State University, which is located on Oswald Durand street in Port-au-Prince. Since the beginning of March 2024, gangs with guns have destroyed the agronomy faculty, the science faculty, the normal high school, the national school that prepares specialists in various fields of art (such as painters who know how to portray people, etc.)/Enarts, many schools, hospitals, pharmacies, offices, businesses, police stations, etc., in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince.
On the night of Thursday 18 to Friday 19 April 2024, gangs with guns ransacked the national press office, in downtown Port-au-Prince, where there were many documents belonging to the country of Haiti. At the time, on Friday, April 19, 2024, he went to see what was happening at night, the director general of the national press, Ronald Saint-Jean, said that gangs and guns were holding him for 15 minutes. Saint-Jean asked the national police to take measures to protect the national press space in rue de cent, downtown Port-au-Prince, where they have various materials for printing documents.
It was on November 15, 1804, which means almost 220 years today in April 2024, the national press printed its first work, printed the first document in its history.
Therefore, from Thursday, February 29, 2024, schools, faculties, higher schools, hospitals, pharmacies, offices, businesses of all kinds, cars, etc., come under attack and flames from gangs and guns, in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince.
On Monday, April 22, 2024, all activities (schools, businesses) are paralyzed in Kafou commune. It’s one public transport vehicle and mototaxi that are coming to Kafou. No national police officers have returned yet, neither at the Omega police station, nor at the Senchal post. People who come to the commune of Kafou are still on the brink of great fear, after the gang attack with guns on Thursday, April 18, 2024, when they killed at least 5 people, including a national policeman, in Waney 93.
On Sunday, April 21, 2024, people in the Tunèl area, not too far from the neighborhood of Meyòt/Petyonvil, passed the infinitive of 2 people, who are suspected to be in alliance with gangs and weapons to break the barriers of Vitelhomme Innocent. There were many gunshots that broke out on Sunday, April 21, 2024, in the neighborhoods of Metivye, Meyot and Gwo Jan, according to the testimony that came to AlterPresse and AlterRadio.
Between Thursday, February 29 and Monday, April 15, 2024, Lapè Dèlma 33 state hospital received more than 200 people, who were injured by bullets. The staff of Lapè Dèlma 33 hospital make great sacrifices to save people’s lives, who are victims of the terror and violence of gangs and guns. Today, Lapè Dèlma 33 hospital does not have enough beds, it needs more to welcome sick people. Lapè Dèlma 33 Hospital needs oxygen, blood, and fuel to run the hospital’s generator and to keep all the health services running properly. It was the short cry of the director of Lapè Dèlma 33 State Hospital, Dr. Paul Junior Fontilus, who was speaking to the International Committee of the Red Cross of Haiti.
Since the terror and acts of gang violence and weapons have increased from Thursday, February 29, 2024, the country of Haiti has fallen into a very serious situation that it has never known before. This causes great suffering, especially in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince. There are many dead and injured. Many people cannot find drinking water, water for domestic use, and food. Many of the health personnel of hospitals and health centers cannot move, to continue to provide the necessary care to the sick. The open hospitals no longer have the capacity to receive piles and masses of people, wounded by the daily bullets. We can do what we can, but it is not enough. It is the short cry of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Haiti.
Commune officials and delegations could play an important role, in collecting, in all the communes and neighborhoods of the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince, relevant information, which could help curb existing gangs with weapons and those who are trying to flourish. It is said by university professor Hancy Pierre on AlterPresse and AlterRadio.
April 24, 2023 – April 24, 2024, it’s been a year since the people of Kanapevè in Port-au-Prince organized a vigilance brigade movement to defend themselves against gangs and weapons. The movement of these vigilante brigades was named Bwa Kale. The population’s vigilance brigade against gang attacks and weapons should be supported by major forces in Haiti, such as churches, schools, organizations in society, and the national police. There must be a marriage between law enforcement and communities, in the fight against terror and gang and gun violence. If this happens, we will be able to break the dynamics of gang violence and guns, thanks to a movement of citizens and citizens based on life. It is the opinion of university professor Hancy Pierre on AlterPresse and AlterRadio
On Sunday, April 21, 2024, a group of Cuban natives, who were stuck in Haiti due to the troubled situation, arrived in their country, Cuba, after the Cuban government’s actions. Some of them took a plane to Kapa city. Some crossed the border to the Dominican Republic, before taking a plane to Cuba, according to available information.
The National Police of Haiti asks the national policemen to be present at their posts, such as in Petyonvil, all this week. It is a way to participate in the preparation of facilities for members of the President’s Council for the transition.
On Thursday, April 18, 2024, members of the President’s Council for Transition held talks with the Prime Minister for a long time, Michel Patrick Boisvert, as well as the Director General for a long time of the National Police, Frantz Elbe. This meeting was to see what security measures will be taken throughout the country, especially for the official installation of members of the President’s Council for the transition, which should be held in the coming days, according to the available information.
There is a commission in charge of making preparations, which will allow the de facto government of Ariel Henry to pass the political reins to the President’s Council for the transition. Within this commission, there are small commissions in charge of security, protocol, logistics and money matters, in the process of handing over the political power. There are supposed to be many talks in this regard, according to information obtained by AlterPresse and AlterRadio. [ppsf emb rc apr 22/04/2024 14:51]
