The assassination of the Haitian President creates more fear, uncertainty | Gun Violence Stories

Port-au-Prince, Haiti – Follow-up to give of President Jovenel Moise earlier Wednesday, the Haitian government had backed the United States sending his army to protect the infrastructure and to establish security for the Caribbean country to hold elections in September.

But Haitian human rights activists say inciting sectarian violence and the political upheaval following the assassination of Moise make real elections impossible.

Terrorist violence has been rampant more than 15,000 people were displaced from early June from the suburbs. Houses and businesses have been burned down, and the main road connecting Port-au-Prince to the southern island has been blocked by militants.

Insecurity over the past two weeks has not only witnessed the assassination of Moses, but also the assassination of a nurse while crossing the Martissant, thousands of areas near the south exit of the capital, killing 15 people, including freedom fighter Antoinette Duclair and journalist Diego Charles.

National Network for Defense of Human Rights he found that between 2018 and 2020, at least 10 people have been killed in Port-au-Prince, while 1,085 people have been killed in 2020 alone.

But the international community has done so he continued to encourage the first parliamentary and presidential elections will be held on September 26.

“The people of Haiti are aware that countries often force Haiti to go to the polls,” Velina Charlier, a Nou Pap Domi activist, told Al Jazeera. “But no one is going to vote when you can’t cross Martissant.”

The motive is unclear

Thoughts surrounding the plot that killed Moise and seriously injured him his wife, Martine Moise, continues to grow, as authorities have not confirmed the death toll.

Haitian officials say 26 Colombian and two Haiti-American military personnel have taken part. Colombian Minister of Defense Diego Molano He said Thirteen Colombian men were in contact with military personnel.

Martine Moise, in her first statement since the beating, said the villagers were sent to kill their husbands because of his intentions. “In the blink of an eye, terrorists stormed my house and opened fire on my husband … without giving him a chance to speak,” she said. message of obedience participate in TV on Saturday.

No security person at Moise’s house has been reported injured and Haitian officials say they want to ask security questions near the assassinated President, Haitian journalists Le Nouvelliste reports.

Colombian journalists He said the head of the General Security Unit of the National Palace (USPGN), Dimitri Herard, also reportedly went to Colombia a few weeks before his assassination. Herard is being investigated by US Law Enforcing for links to arms sales, the Center for Economic and Policy Research reports.

Even the Haitian government request to send American troops, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said at a press conference on Friday that no US troops were being sent to Haiti, but that US would send FBI and Homeland Security officials to Port-au-Prince soon. it is impossible.

“We will continue to call for elections to be held this year,” Psaki said. “Promoting law enforcement in Haiti is a priority for the US – it has not been killed in the last few days,” he said.

Political instability

Moise has faced stiff opposition since 2017 when he began working, privately prosecution Participate in the $ 2bn bill linked to Petrocaribe, the Venezuelan oil reduction program, as well as other government agencies and secret societies.

He has also ruled in accordance with the law since January 2020, when the time for the legislature was about to expire, I urge lawlessness while many council leaders, judges and opposition political leaders said their five-year term ended in February. Moise insisted that his term expire next year.

The political turmoil that Moses also led to as two prime ministers.

Ariel Henry was elected Prime Minister on Monday, just two days before Moise’s assassination, but Claude Joseph, a former incumbent, has been approved by the rest of the world as a longtime prime minister. Joseph announced the “siege” and 15 days of mourning.

Haitian Electoral Minister Mathias Pierre said that because Moise was killed less than 72 hours after Henry’s election, Joseph was the Prime Minister. He denied the allegations in a statement issued Friday stating “Similar, baseless allegations concerning the media have been made more than once.

Joseph Lambert, head of the rest of the Haitian Senate, also called himself a “long-term president” with the help of ten media outlets, Reuters reporters reports; another 20 filmmakers saw their season expire last year and were not replaced.

According to personal evidence from 2013, Sherlson Sanon of the National Network of Defense of Human Rights (RNDDH) Lambert has been linked to terrorists and violence since 1999. which Lambert rejected at the time as a false campaign.

“We will not rush to make a decision because the same people with money, criminals and those in charge of insecurity will be elected,” Charlier told Al Jazeera.

A Haitian-led response

Homicide is not common in Haiti; the last it happened more than 100 years ago in 1915 and began military service in the United States that lasted until 1934.

Georges Michel, a Haitian historian who co-authored the law in 1987, said Haiti was witnessing “Somalisation” – a term used to describe political instability – and that other interventions were inevitable.

“The United States will not tolerate another Somali flight just two hours from Miami International Airport,” Michel said.

He also said that Haiti may have passed a section that opens up the possibility of a future assassination of an unpopular President. Michel was convinced, however, that the answer to this problem was Haitian – not foreign -.

This was confirmed by Charlier, who said Haiti had arrived recently. “And we must stop corruption, impunity and anti-democratic practices.”