Haiti is a country where power seems as ephemeral as it is precarious. Today, one can exercise the greatest authority, dictate policies and control the state apparatus. But tomorrow, one misstep, one inappropriate attitude or one bad decision is enough to slip out of this power, without any guarantee of support or sustainability. This instability, this lack of solid foundations in the management of the country, is the sad reality of the Haitian “land slipped”.
Recent transitions and short-lived governments illustrate this situation eloquently. The administrations of Dr. Ariel Henry and Dr. Garry Conille demonstrate the unpredictability of power in Haiti, where political actors seem to follow one another without managing to establish real continuity or lasting solutions. The failure to resolve the country’s structural problems is becoming obvious, and each mandate runs the risk of being only a transitional period, a parenthesis before the return to the status quo of a society left adrift.
For the Haitian population, this instability has become a daily backdrop. Indifference and misery remain at the center of their existence, fueled by policies that lack vision and by leaders whose intentions are often questioned. While politicians and elites get agitated, the people remain caught in the net of poverty and uncertainty, forced to wait for better days that seem constantly postponed.
Ultimately, Haiti is this land where every advance seems to turn into a setback, and where the future remains uncertain, for those in power as for the people. Haiti’s “slipped land” is a cruel reminder that, without a real desire for change, leaders will continue to exhaust themselves on this steep slope, leaving the people ever more destitute and disillusioned.
Patrick Alexis
Committed Citizen
alexispat@gmail.com
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