2024-01-16 04:00:00
Haiti has entered a new scenario of protests, destruction and threats, this time under the leadership of the former coup rebel leader, Guy Philippe, making the population’s hair stand on end due to his threats to take power by force of arms.
In the Northwest, North and Northeast of the country there have been demonstrations, barricades and tire fires on public roads, in addition to the forced closure of ministries and attacks on homes.
If there was any minimal hope left to move forward with the process of dialogue and understanding for reconciliation and peace in Haiti, forget it for now.
Deported from the United States for drug trafficking, Guy Philippe, who has made the situation in the country darker, arrived on November 30, 2023 to prevent, at any cost, any peaceful settlement.
You have four options on the table: Coup d’état, coup de force, consensus or negotiations and elections.
In order of priorities, he wants power and aspires, with greater urgency, to win it with weapons. For him, the elections are at the end of the road, and he demonstrates this with his threat of violent revolt to oust the government of Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
Philippe’s call yesterday for civil disobedience, a step that might mark the beginning of his war adventure, moves the Haitian population, already saturated with uncertainty and violence.
“The time has come to overthrow this system that is constantly regenerating,” he warned in a message posted on social networks.
Consequently, he called on residents to be “prepared for the revolution and to initiate hostilities” in the country’s departments.
The danger of the armed gangs has now been added to the serious threat of this man, determined to destroy what little remains of government institutions in that country.
His political party, National Awakening for the Sovereignty of Haiti, has already announced that it does not rule out the possibility of taking power by force.
Philippe is active with his movement in communities near the border with the Dominican Republic, specifically in Juana Méndez, where he asked the Protected Areas Security Brigade (BSAP) to continue supporting the Haitian population, as it did for the construction of the canal irrigation around the Masacre River.
This weekend, thousands of his supporters demanded the resignation of Premier Ariel Henry, set up barricades, burned tires on the roads and attacked and threw stones at the house of former senator Sorel Jacinthe, a signatory of the December 21 agreement.
According to Haitian media, due to this demonstration, commercial banks, schools and public offices closed their doors and small businesses and public transportation were paralyzed.
They already made a defiant show of force, by closing several public institutions that are located within a complex located on Avenue Emile Roumer.
Among these, the departmental leadership of the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of National Education, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Social Affairs, Public Health and Population.
In his speeches, Guy Philippe insists on unleashing an armed revolt and deposing the government. For this reason, he has already asked the authorities to resign from their positions or, otherwise, they will be expelled by his “revolution.”
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