Flag Day: ZANMI PEP in the streets against insecurity and bad governance

PORT-AU-PRINCE.— A demonstration took place on Sunday, May 18, at the initiative of the political platform ZANMI PEP. The organization mobilized its activists to denounce the spiral of armed violence and the bad governance of the ruling team.

Dressed in yellow T-shirts, carrying flags and placards with slogans denouncing the prevailing situation in the country, a few dozen demonstrators responded to the call of ZANMI PEP. Starting from Delmas, their destination is the Villa d’Accueil, seat of the transitional government.

“We are here to demand that the CPT and the government assume their responsibility before the people,” said one of the demonstrators. “The country is dying, there is no security, gangs do what they want, holding the entire population hostage,” he hammered.

The leaders of this platform criticize what they call the inhumane behavior of the authorities who, they say, waste state funds by denying the priorities of the moment. “CPT members receive exorbitant salaries and privileges, travel and stays in luxury hotels abroad, while the population languishes in camps,” they lamented.

CPT members had nearly 400 million gourdes disbursed to celebrate the flag, while structurally, Cap will remain as it was, declared a demonstrator, calling on citizens of the northern department to revolt.

It should be noted that the demonstration on May 18 took place under the banner of denouncing the bad governance of the current power, in the context of insecurity that has already caused more than a million internally displaced persons.

The political platform Zanmi Pep is known for its opposition to the transition. On April 3, the date marking the 1st anniversary of the agreement that gave birth to the CPT, Zanmi Pèp had written to Mia Mottley, current President of CARICOM, to demand the dissolution of the Council and the government, after observing, in its opinion, their failure.

Jean Mapou