Two (2) months after launching a general strike across the country on September 23, 2024 to demand better working conditions and the dismissal of the Director General, Jean Emmanuel Casséus, employees of the Directorate General of Taxes (DGI) have decided to observe a truce until December 31, 2024. This truce observed to facilitate the resumption of activities within the company in Port-au-Prince and in provincial towns, results of a meeting between employees and managers of the state institution, according to a note from the union of the Committee of Striking Employees.
THE HAITI FACTOR, November 24, 2024._The general strike started by employees since Monday, September 23, 2024, at the Directorate General of Taxes (DGI) of Port-au-Prince and the annexes of provincial towns, to demand better working conditions, has reached an outcome.
Indeed, exactly two months after the launch of the strike which also aims to demand the dismissal of the General Director, Jean Emmanuel Casséus, the Committee of striking employees met on Friday, November 22, with state authorities in order to find an agreement .
At the end of the meeting between the two parties, it was concluded that the striking employees observed a truce which will expire on December 31, 2024 based on a set of commitments, the Committee informed taxpayers.
Following this observed truce, the Committee invites employees, on the one hand, to resume service throughout the territory of the Republic and taxpayers, on the other hand, to honor their tax obligations, from Monday, November 25, 2024 in all DGI offices.
However, the Committee of striking employees, through its Coordinator, Cléoma Bien Aimé and its Spokesperson, Jean Médèze Lazarre, through a press release, urges the Director General Jean Emmanuel Casséus to still stay away from his office. This request was made to him in order to avoid any return to the strike by his possible provocation, pending the publication of the decree appointing an internal executive to replace him, according to the signatories of the note.
Finally, the Committee reiterates its determination to fight for the well-being of all employees and the improvement of services to taxpayers.
For its part, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), in a press release, admits to having had discussions with the Members of the Committee of Striking Employees of the DGI.
According to the MEF, the demands causing the strike which paralyzed activities at the DGI since September 23, 2024 were reviewed during this meeting which led to a truce until the end of 2024.
Therefore, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, as did the Committee of striking employees, announced the resumption of activities at the Directorate General of Taxes (DGI) in Port-au-Prince and in the cities from Monday, November 25, 2024 and invites taxpayers to go there to fulfill their tax obligations.
THE HAITI FACTOR (LFH)