The president-elect of the Montana Accord Fritz Alphonse Jean is distressed by the persistence of insecurity in Haiti. The latest deadly and bloody clashes between rival armed groups in Cité Soleil, the trafficking of arms and ammunition, the phenomenon of kidnapping, a picture that is becoming darker by the day.
Economist Fritz Alphonse Jean deplored this chaotic situation in the country. He says he is dismayed by the dramatic rise in insecurity, kidnapping and gang warfare, which continues to bereave members of the population. After the plain of the cul de sac, Cité Soleil is sinking under the bullets of armed gangs fighting for control of more territory.
The latest report from the National Human Rights Defense Network reported 89 people killed, 74 wounded and 16 missing in the clashes that broke out in the country’s largest shantytown for over a week, between the G9 group and its allies led by former police officer Jimmy Cherisier, also known as Barbecue, and the GPEP group led by “T Gabriel”. An unbearable situation for the former governor of the central bank.
Aware of the difficulties that the national police force faces in its work, the president-elect of the Montana Accord nevertheless asks the police authorities to do what is necessary to stop this plague.
Fritz Alphonse Jean denounces those who take advantage of this situation to get rich in the illegal sale of firearms and take control of more territory through its young, armed and vulnerable.
The seizures of weapons and ammunition at the Port-au-Prince customs and in Port-de-Paix last week, allows us to better understand the reality of the country,” said Fritz Alphonse Jean. He pleads for the reinforcement of control measures in the different ports, in order to hinder the traffickers.
In addition to the phenomenon of insecurity, kidnapping and gang warfare that makes life difficult for the population, the president-elect of the Montana Agreement draws the attention of the de facto state authorities and civil society to the depreciation of the gourde against the U.S. dollar, the scarcity of fuel on the local market and the high cost of living that further complicates the lives of the population.
Faced with the geopolitical conflict caused by the war in Ukraine, with negative consequences on the global financial market, the former governor of the central bank invites all the forces of the country to sit around a table to reflect in order to better respond to this situation to avoid the worst, as is the case in several other countries in the region.
The government in place does not have enough capacity to meet the challenges ahead, says the elected president of the August 30 agreement.
For the writer, a frank dialogue between the sons and daughters of the country is the only solution to decide on the direction the country should take.