By Jean Junior Celestin, Le Nouvelliste, Nov 14, 2024
According to said Clarens Renois, leader of the UNIR Party, a member of the January 30 Collective. The transition ship has been sailing far from the waters of the April 3 Agreement since the "coup de force" of the Transitional Presidential Council when Prime Minister Garry Conille was dismissed.
Speaking on Magik 9 on Thursday, November 14, 2024, Renois explained that the direction the transition is taking is not reassuring. "UNIR proposes to reduce the TPC to three members, by dismissing the two observers who are useless", he explained. "The party also proposes to oust the three presidential advisers accused of corruption and the representative of the January 30 Collective Edgard Leblanc Fils who was recalled by the sector that appointed him to the CPT", he continued.
"Reducing the number of presidential advisers would help to reduce administrative burdens, resolve conflicts within the TPC, reduce the financial burden on the State and rebuild the image of this structure in the eyes of public opinion," Renois argued.
Coup d'état against the April 3 Accord
"The TPC is acting behind the back of the April 3 Accord and outside of any consultation with stakeholders. Those who participated in the discussions to achieve the establishment of this transition are totally excluded from the management of the country, not in terms of taking control, of taking control of the stakeholders but at least of consultation to create synergy for the success of this transition," he deplored.
"We are plunged into worrying uncertainty by diverting the country from the direction indicated in the Accord," Renois continued, specifying that by deviating from this path, the future of the country is mortgaged.
"What the transition risks today is nothing compared to what the country risks. Haiti is at great risk. It would be an unprecedented situation to spend five years of transition without achieving conclusive results. It is not the actors who lose but the country that loses opportunities," warned Mr. Renois, calling for awareness among presidential advisers to change direction.
Renois said that in the current context of the transition, it will be impossible to respect the electoral deadline provided for in the April 3 Accord to provide the country with legitimate elected officials by February 7, 2025.
"We are preparing to organize elections that will be contested in advance with this TPC as long as the three indicted presidential advisers sit on the Council," he warned.
Clarens Renois said he understood the choice of TPC coordinator Leslie Voltaire to keep the indicted presidential advisers until now because he needed their support to oust Garry Conille. "The time has come to remove these presidential advisers, otherwise the TPC will keep this reputation and will become an element of protest until the elections," he declared. "We missed the presidency of Edgard Leblanc, who did not know how to do what was necessary to put the transition on track."
Translated by CHIP editors
Posted Nov. 26, 2024