P-au-P., 13 from 2024 [AlterPresse] — Bandits who operate in various regions of Haiti now have only one option, “lay down their arms and surrender to justice,” warns the Presidential Transitional Council (Cpt), in a note made public on Monday May 13, 2024 and consulted by AlterPresse.
The Cpt reacted thus, expressing its indignation following an attack perpetrated on May 10 by armed gangs against the Gressier police station (about thirty km south of Port-au-Prince).
“This act demonstrates, once again, the absolute urgency of eradicating banditry across the country and restoring security. Citizens cannot wait any longer. It is our responsibility at the Presidential Transitional Council to guarantee the security of the entire population,” recognizes the body, in this note signed by its president Edgar Leblanc Fils.
The Haitian National Police (PNH) declared on May 13 that they had regained control of the police station in the commune of Gressier, where a vehicle parked in the courtyard was set on fire by thugs, according to police. images circulating on social networks. Many families were thus forced to leave the town of Gressier to seek refuge elsewhere.
The Pnh is hard at work in Gressier, where security measures have been reinforced, in order to restore order and peace, following this attack, attempts to reassure the police institution, in a note.
The Council tries to ensure that “in the near future, bandits will stop laying down law over bodies, residences, neighborhoods, cities and the country.”
He salutes the loyal police officers and conveys his sympathies to the victims while affirming that he will play his role in providing a “response” to the situation.
He shares his steps to quickly establish the National Security Council, provided for in the agreement of April 3, 2024 between the political forces, which will coordinate relations between the police, the army and the International Security Mission, expected in Haiti.
The attack by armed gangs against the police station in Gressier brings to more than 25 the number of police stations destroyed since the beginning of 2024 by armed gangs in Haiti, denounced the Haitian National Police Union (Spnh17) .
Criticizing the passivity of the police high command, Spnh17 demands in-depth changes within the institution, including the interim director general Frantz Elbé.
These changes should make it possible to organize operations in the strongholds of armed gangs, to recover stolen equipment from the police institution. [apr 13/05/2024 23 :00]
