The political scientist and professor Juan González said that Haiti is immersed in a series of crises, including security, food, political-institutional, economic and health.
He said that the Western powers have not fulfilled the promises made to Haiti in recent decades, considering that the future of the neighboring country is bleak given the neglect that the international community has shown in the face of this deep crisis suffered by the Haitian people.
The political scientist also criticized the Haitian elite because, he said, they do very little to contribute to solving the problems in their nation.
The professor from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) expressed that Haiti urgently needs to control the gangs; modify the constitution and hold elections to get out of the serious situation that keeps it practically collapsed.
He recalled that, in Haiti, the time of the authorities’ mandate is not homogeneous, since the deputies are elected for four years, the president for five years, and the senators for six years, so they must hold elections every two years.
He specified that in the constitutional reform proposal that has been working in Haiti for some time, the period of the elected authorities is unified in five years. He also indicated that the proposal seeks to eliminate the semi-parliamentary political system and introduce the presidential system.
He expressed that the Montana Agreement, dated August 30, is stagnant, but represents an opportunity for Haiti to begin to emerge from the crisis, since it was signed by the various sectors of the neighboring country and contains a roadmap for such purposes.
He said that the ruling Tèt Kale Party, founded by former President Michel Martelly, is divided between his followers and those of the assassinated President Jovenel Moïse. In that sense, he indicated that the youth members, including Chancellor Claude Joseph, are trying to “fish in a troubled river” with the aim of removing Prime Minister Ariel Henry from power.
Finally, he pointed out that, given the leadership vacuum in Haiti, Jimmy Chérizier alias Barbecue, leader of the G-9 Familias y Aliados gang, is trying to fill it with an anti-oligarchic discourse that has an echo among the lower social strata of the neighbor. country.
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