Faced with the rise in the phenomenon of insecurity in Haiti, UEH students are calling on the Haitian authorities to assume their responsibilities.
The security situation in the country in recent times concerns all sectors of national life. Armed gangs continue to terrorize the Haitian population, particularly in Port-au-Prince and its surrounding areas. Faced with the rise of this phenomenon, students from the State University of Haiti are urging the Haitian authorities to assume their responsibilities.
Johanna Poliard, a student at the Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences (FDSE) questioned on this subject, criticized the members of the Presidential Transitional Council who show no will to change the situation which is becoming alarming.
“How do you understand that currently, the members of the CPT are in a struggle to satisfy their personal interests while ignoring the suffering of the Haitian population? Honestly, they are all dishonest”
She invites all students in the capital, particularly those at UEH, to get involved in the fight against insecurity. Considering that the student class does not have the means to deal with gangs, Johanna Poliard invites students to take to the tarmac in order to denounce the members of the CPT whom she considers to be “Conzé”.
In addition to this student at FDSE, Juno7 also met Cliff Steevenson Mérilien, student at the Institute of African Studies and Research in Haiti (IERAH). Also questioned about this phenomenon, Cliff said he was outraged by seeing the rise in insecurity.
“Without doubt, it is for the first time that the country is facing this situation, while we are in the area of development”
According to him, this situation must be resolved as quickly as possible, and to achieve this, he emphasizes that there must be changes within the police institution. “We need changes at the highest level of the Haitian National Police and also vetting, because it is no longer news that there are police officers who have close ties with gang leaders” he insisted. This position is also shared by James St Fort, student at the Faculty of Human Sciences.
Furthermore, James St Fort invites the competent authorities to put a new Director General not from the Haitian political class at the head of the PNH. “Sometimes, actors from the political class commit bad actions but they have cover within the police institution which gives them the possibility of moving freely” he specifies, declaring that this situation is also present within the Haitian judicial system.
It should be noted that since the rise of insecurity in Port-au-Prince, the faculties of the State University of Haiti the State University of Haiti (UEH) cannot operate normally. Armed individuals vandalized several of them. To date, no signal has been sent by the authorities to put an end to this phenomenon. The Transitional Presidential Council which should function at the National Palace cannot frequent the area and is obliged to stay at the Reception Villa in Musseau.
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