A delegation of the high staff of the national police stayed in the South department on Tuesday 21 in order to discuss with the civil society of the Grand Sud the issue of the blockage of the 4 departments due to gang violence at the southern entrance of the capital.
This step is part of the strengthening of cooperation between the national police and civil society in the Grand Sud, according to the head of the delegation, the chief inspector general of the PNH, Fritz St-Fort. He promises that the police are in an advanced phase in order to put an end to the ordeal of the inhabitants of the peninsula of the South.
Strengthen cooperation between the national police and civil society in the Grand Sud in the fight against the blockage of the southern entrance to the capital, these are among the objectives of this delegation of the high command of the national police through this visit to the city of Cayes.
The national police, who had made a commitment to work in collaboration with the actors of the Grand Sud to solve the problem, reported major advances in the quest for a solution to the blockage of the 4 departments of the Grand Sud.
The blockage of Martissant dates back more than a year. The population of the 4 departments of the Grand Sud is paying the consequences in all respects. A situation that seems to concern the highest authorities, according to the Chief Inspector General of the PNH, Fritz St-Fort. Following the example of PNH Director General Frantz Elbe, he announced interventions in the near future to dismantle the gangs that rule in Martissant.
To face the armed gangs in Martissant, the National Police need to have the necessary means to do so, says the Chief Inspector of the PNH, Fritz St-Fort, who was accompanied by some of the senior officers of the police institution in the city of Cayes. In this sense, he informs that with the support of the Superior Council of the National Police, adequate equipment will be made available to law enforcement officers. According to him, the process of acquiring new equipment is in a very advanced phase.
While he promises answers to this crucial problem, Chief Inspector General Fritz St-Fort has been careful not to set a deadline for the realization of his promises. However, he did say that a plan to dismantle the gangs in Martissant is being developed.
Promises and announcements are not lacking in the situation of blockage imposed by the armed gangs in Martissant. The population, the real victims of this scourge, is only waiting for results that do not seem to be forthcoming when one considers the indifference of the authorities in the face of the gangs’ fury.
At the end of May, merchants and trade unionists launched a large mobilization to paralyze all economic activities in the south, particularly in Cayes.
This decision had been taken by several sectors of the departments of the Grand Sud in order to force government authorities to act against the occupation by gangs of the National Road Number 2 at Martissant.
The movement was quickly neutralized by the government, which deployed a delegation to the site, including the ministers of Commerce and Industry, Ricardin Saint-Jean, Interior Liszt Quitel and Environment James Cadet.
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