The members of the Haitian caucus in the U.S. Congress are pleased with the progress made in the implementation of the Montana agreement.
For the co-founders of the committee, the progress recorded by the protagonists of the Montana group testifies to the will of the Haitian people to build a democratic society. However, they regret the fact that the U.S. government still does not realize the need to support this initiative in order to help Haiti get out of its current situation.
The parliamentarians are also pleased that the initiators of the Protocol of National Understanding (PEN) have finally decided to join the Montana agreement. “The new political consensus between PEN and the Haitian-led Commission for a Solution to the Crisis adjusts and advances the carefully crafted architecture for a transitional government by creating, for example, a five-member presidential authority,” said Andy Levin, Yvette D. Clarke, Ayanna Pressley, and Val Demings in a statement sent to ZoomHaitiNews.They urge the commission to work to ensure “that participants in this new political process will work diligently to establish democratic governance in Haiti.”
The members of the House of Representatives criticize the behavior of Joe Biden’s administration for being slow to support the efforts of political and civil society organizations to establish a transitional government in Haiti. They also criticize U.S. officials for continuing to encourage members of the Montana group to negotiate “with the de facto government, which has been implicated in corruption, human rights abuses – and possibly even the assassination of former President Moïse.”
For the caucus members, it is time for the United States to recognize the efforts of Haitian sectors in finding a solution to the Haitian crisis. “The United States should consider this type of progressive negotiation and search for an ever-widening consensus as a model for the formation of democracy, and recognize and support this effort,” recommend the American elected officials.
From sources close to Congress, it is learned that several influential members of Capitol Hill have met with State Department officials on the situation in Haiti.
Anthony Blinken’s group would have no problem supporting the Montana agreement. Discussions should begin next week at the level of the American administration on the position to adopt, ZoomHaitiNews has learned.
Having benefited from the support of the United States until now, Ariel Henry would no longer be in the odor of sanctity with the American administration since the publication of the NewYorkTimes article in which the de facto Prime Minister is accused of having privileged relations with Joseph Badio, one of the presumed assassins of former president Jovenel Moise.