The Collective of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the North, Northeast, Northwest and South of Haiti, sets its position on the agreement baptized: “National Consensus for an Inclusive Transition and Transparent Elections” by some associations of the private business sector.
The Collective does not wish to give its support to any approach that would encourage the bad practices of the signatories, who are reinforcing their exclusion once again of the regional business associations, “reinforcing moreover this claim to impose a certain supremacy of the decision-makers and investors of the capital over those of the provinces”.
On the other hand, the signatories denounce the arguments made in the note of December 8 by some employers’ associations, according to them, which are not enough to absolve the evil of centralization, monopoly, corruption, exclusion, generated by this “criminal economy” that the politicians in large majority and the rightful owners of the business sector in Port-au-Prince, real kingmakers, have established and strengthen for decades.
The Collective does not intend to endorse an initiative that could not help the country out of this historic crisis without emphasizing an inclusive approach that will facilitate investments that will contribute to development and progress, particularly in the areas of real estate, energy, health, education, agriculture and infrastructure.
However, the Collective supports any measure that will result in the real resolution of this crisis that continues to worsen the living conditions of the Haitian population every day.
For now, the Collective of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the North, Northeast, Northwest and South of Haiti, decides to take a step back from the diligence shown by the bodies involved in this project called national consensus for an inclusive transition and transparent elections.