Haiti Elections Sénatoriales – Liste des Candidats

Candidats enregistrés aux élections sénatoriales du 19 avril 2009

 

DEPARTMENT		NOM	PRENOM	PARTI POLITIQUE
ARTIBONITE	1	GEFFRARD	Frantz	PEP
	2	JEAN BAPTISTE	Jean Willy	LAAA
	3	BERGROME	Fran�ois Fouchard	LAAA
	4	JOSEPH	Fran�ois Anick	OPL
	5	ACCEUS	Manus	UNION
	6	DESIR	Luckner	UNION
	7	SAINT-PIERRE	Rigaud	LESPWA
	8	GARCONNET	Paul Andr�	LESPWA
	9	RACINE	Billy	FANMI LAVALAS
	10	MAETTE	Amanus	FANMI LAVALAS
	11	GUERRIER	Luvens	FRN
	12	FORTUNE	Michel	PUN
	13	LOUIS	Michelet	INDEPENDENT
TOTAL	13
CENTRE	1	CHEVRY	Emmanuel Mc Gregore	FUSION
	2	ESTIVERNE	Louis	UNION
	3	DELACRUZ	Francisco	OPL
	4	JOSEPH	Willot	UCDDE
	5	DESRAS	Dieuseul Simon	FANMI LAVALAS
	6	ST GERMAIN	Rubens	LAAA
	7	MARCELIN	Adher	LESPWA
	8	DELVA	Sauveur	MIRN
TOTAL	8
GRAND-ANSE	1	PHILIPPE	Guy	FRN
	2	BELLEFLEUR	Marie Aurore Laine	FUSION
	3	FREDERICK	Jean Lavaud	RESP�
	4	LAPLANCHE	Jean Fritz	OPL
	5	GILLES	Louis Gerald	FANMI LAVALAS
	6	REVANGE	Fritz	UNION
	7	ROUMER	Jean Maxime	LESPWA
	8	PLETEAU	Larousse	FANMI LAVALAS
TOTAL	8
NIPPES	1	TROPNAS	Wilfrid	UNION
	2	JANTY	Jean William	KONBA
	3	FRANTZ	Robert Monde	LAAA
	4	PRIVERT	Jocelerme	Attend accord LAVALAS, sinon INDEPENDANT
	5	BARBIER	Anthony	FUSION
	6	VILSON	Louberson	LESPWA
	7	GASPARD	Serge Delva	LAVALAS
	8	MAZILE	Garry Joseph	RESPE
	9	VOLCY	Assad	UCADDE
	10	NOEL	Chrisnet	INDEPENDENT
TOTAL	10
NORD	1	MONPREMIER	Marie Gisl�ne	FUSION
	2	NAWOON	Marcellus	FANMI LAVALAS
	3	JEAN RENE	Laguerre	MODELH PRDH
	4	CHARLES	Elusca	OPL
	5	MO�S	Jean Charles	LESPWA
	6	SAMSON	Antoine Rene	UNION
	7	BELL	Angelot	FANMI LAVALAS
TOTAL	7
NORD-EST	1	SAINT-JACQUES	Bind	KONBA
	2	PIERRE	Jean Ren�	INDEPENDANT
	3	MARITAL	Chena Pierre	FANMI LAVALAS
	4	PIERRE LOUIS	Derex	LESPWA
	5	ELIE	Altagrace	UNION
	6	CHARLES PIERRE	J. A. Karl	OPL
	7	JOACHIM	Armand	OPL
	8	LAVEAU	Herns	LAAA
	9	DORSAINT	Etheart	FANMI LAVALAS
	10	ROZEFORT	Fritz Gerald	FANMI LAVALAS
	11	JOAZILE	Jean Rodolph	FUSION
	12	FLORESTAL	Paulin	INDEPENDANT
TOTAL	12
NORD-OUEST	1	HYPPOLITE	M�lius	OPL
	2	DUROSEAU	Flaubert	FANMI LAVALAS
	3	JEANNOT	Jacques Palmira	FUSION
	4	SAINVIL	Lucas	LESPWA
	5	FLEURINORD	Lucas	MIRN
	6	DESAMOURS	Henry	RDNP
	7	CHARLES	Saturn�	UNION
TOTAL	7
OUEST I	1	CHERON BERNARD	Evelyne	MIDH
OUEST I	2	EMMANUEL	Joseph Wesner	INDEPENDANT
OUEST I	3	JACQUES JEAN	Marcel	PSR
OUEST I	4	GARNIER	Numa	PSH
OUEST I	5	EDOUARD	Ernest Laventure	LAAA
OUEST I	6	CLAUDE	Marie Denise	FUSION
OUEST I	7	ANDR�	Calixte	FRONTCIPH
OUEST I	8	LOUIDOR	Schiller	FANMI LAVALAS
OUEST I	9	DORAN	Ph�lito	FANMI LAVALAS
OUEST I	10	BRUTUS	Cacsman	MODELH-PRDH
OUEST I	11	DAVID	Basile	PUN
OUEST I	12	DELATOUR	Pierre Paul	INDEPENDANT
OUEST I	13	RUDOLPH	Prudent	KONBA
OUEST I	14	JOHN	Joseph Jo�l	LESPWA
OUEST I	15	SAINT JEAN	Ronald	INDEPENDANT
OUEST I	16	BEAUBRUN	Evanns	RDNP
OUEST I	17	VIAU	Mario	UNION
OUEST I	17	JEAN REYNOLD	Jean Pierre	MIRN
OUEST I	19	FILS AIM�	Charles Henry Raymond	PEP
OUEST I	20	JULIO	Dorcin	INDEPENDANT
OUEST I	21	CHERY	David	ALAH
OUEST I	22	GILLES	Victor	PONT
OUEST II	23	LABISSIERE	George Andr�	INDEPENDANT
OUEST II	24	PIERRE	Jena Luckner	INDEPENDANT
TOTAL	24
SUD	1	MATHELIER	Jacques	LAVALAS
	2	JEAMOT	Raymond	RESPE
	3	BANATTE	Cecile Laura	LAAA
	4	BENOIT	Laguerre	UCADDE
	5	COMEAU	Marie Danielle	KONBA
	6	EXILE	Oberdier	ALAH
	7	GEORGES	Pierre Simon	UNION
	8	CLAUDE	Bernard	OPL
	9	EXIUS	Pierre Francky	LESPWA
	10	ROUSSEAU	Yves	PSR
TOTAL	10
SUD-EST	1	LAHATTE	Hebert	UNION
	2	JEAN PIERRE	Pierre Michel Joseph	RDNP
	3	PIERRE	Ricard	OPL
	4	DERISIER	Yves	FUSION
	5	LAMBERT	Wencesclass	LESPWA
	6	PAUL	Presler	FANMI LAVALAS
TOTAL	6
GRAND TOTAL	105

Eurasian Minerals Inc. Acquires Grand Bois Gold Deposit Property, Haiti

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Jan. 26, 2009) – Eurasian Minerals Inc. (the “Company” or “EMX”) (TSX VENTURE:EMX) is pleased to announce the acquisition of 100% interest of the Grand Bois Property in Haiti from Societe Miniere Citadelle (hereinafter referred to as “SMC”).

The acquisition is focused on the Grand Bois historic, non-NI 43-101 compliant resource of 4.3 million tonnes with average grades of 2.24 g/t gold and 14.92 g/t silver. This historic non-NI 43-101 compliant resource is based on drilling that intersected near-surface, oxide gold mineralization, including an intercept of 49 meters averaging 6.06 g/t gold. Newmont Ventures Limited (“Newmont” or “NEM”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation, has selected the Grand Bois property to be included in a “Designated Project” under the NEM-EMX Strategic Venture Agreement. Please see attached map and the Company’s web site at www.eurasianminerals.com for more information.

Grand Bois Property Overview. The Grand Bois property covers an area of 50 square kilometers of mineral rights located 28 kilometers southwest of the port city of Cap Haitien, in northern Haiti, and is entirely surrounded by exploration licenses recently acquired by the Company (see Company news release dated December 17, 2008). The property is situated in mountainous terrain adjacent to National Highway #1 that connects Cap Haitien and the capital city of Port Au Prince. Prior to EMX’s acquisition, the Grand Bois property was held by SMC, a Haitian private corporation, through a Mining Convention issued by the Bureau of Mines and Energy, Republic of Haiti. The Mining Convention essentially establishes a mining permit that is subject to terms and conditions of Haiti’s mining law.

The Grand Bois gold mineralization is hosted within a high-sulfidation epithermal gold system that was recognized by Kennecott Exploration in 1975. The gold mineralization is near-surface, oxidized, and open for extension. The property has undergone historic exploration, including four drill campaigns totaling more than 7500 meters. The historic drilling returned intercepts including 49 meters averaging 6.06 g/t gold starting at surface (0-49 m, hole GBS-D6). A summary of the historic exploration work includes:

1975 – Kennecott Exploration completed mapping, pitting, trenching, soil geochemistry, geophysics and 10 diamond drill holes totaling 1,680 meters.

1978 – Penarroya completed mapping, trenching and 11 diamond drill holes for 1730 meters, nine of which are within the deposit area.

1983 – The United Nations Development Program (“UNDP”) completed mapping, pitting, trenching, metallurgical work, and 51 diamond holes for 2,003 meters. The UNDP work produced an non-NI 43-101 compliant historical resource estimate, termed a “geological reserve”, of 4.3 million tonnes averaging 2.24 g/t gold and 14.92 g/t silver. (Focsa, et al., 1986, Le Gisement d’or de Grand Bois/Limbe. Project HAI/84/016-02-P01 UNDP/BME). The historical resource was based upon a polygonal estimate at a 0.5 g/t gold cutoff. The UNDP historical “geological reserve” does not use the resource and reserve categories as defined in NI 43-101. A Qualified Person has not performed sufficient work to classify the historical estimate as current mineral resources, and EMX is not treating the estimate as current mineral resources. The historical estimate should not be relied upon until it can be confirmed by the Company. However, the drill-delineated Grand Bois gold mineralized deposit described by the UNDP report is considered relevant.

1997 – KWG Resources (“KWG”) completed a topographic survey and 16 diamond drill holes totaling 2131.6 meters. KWG’s drilling included twin and duplicate holes that generally supported and confirmed the prior drill results reported by the UNDP.

The Grand Bois gold deposit is located on the top and flank of a hill (elevations range from 580-720 m), that would have a favorable stripping ratio for a potential open-pit operation. The base of oxidation extends to a depth of 90 meters. The deposit as currently defined is roughly circular in outline, with dimensions of 300 by 350 meters, and consists of a poorly consolidated tabular body of mineralized and oxidized volcanic rock with an average thickness of approximately 20 meters. The gold mineralization remains open for expansion. A limited number of drill holes that extended below the oxide gold zone intersected significant copper mineralization, including 0.62% copper over 53.5 meters (64.9-118.4 m, hole DDH-1). The copper mineralization may be related to a porphyry system, and provides further upside exploration potential to the property.

The Grand Bois gold deposit area is located in the northern half of a polymetallic mineral district which covers roughly 24 square kilometers, and contains 46 prospective gold-silver, copper, zinc and lead mineral occurrences. Select historic rock sample assay results from massive barite, barite-sulfide, sulfide, and quartz-sulfide mineralization collected from Grand Bois mineral prospects contain up to 27 g/t gold, 627 g/t silver, 30.2% copper, 2.25% lead, and 23.9% zinc (Louca, 1989).

EMX Due Diligence Results. EMX due diligence work on the Grand Bois property included metallurgical test assays, as well as soil and rock sampling over the known mineralization and surrounding target areas. The preliminary metallurgical test assays were conducted on historic drill core pulps from 21 intervals, and yielded an average of 91% gold recovery using traditional oxide leach recovery technology. EMX’s results are consistent with metallurgical test data outlined in historic reports from the UNDP and KWG. EMX conducted a soil geochemical survey over the known mineralization and Rivage Ridge areas totaling 585 samples. The gold-in-soil anomalies (i.e., greater than 0.1 g/t Au) define a 1000 by 530 meter north to northwest trending zone over the known deposit footprint, with a higher grade zone (i.e., greater than 0.3 g/t Au) measuring 690 by 320 meters. There are two additional northwest trending gold-in-soil anomalies over Rivage Ridge, measuring 620 by 200 and 920 by 200 meters. EMX also collected 104 rock-chip samples from a three square kilometer area covering the Grand Bois deposit and surrounding areas. The results include 21 samples (20%) assaying greater than 1.0 g/t gold. Significant gold and trace element anomalies were also confirmed in the Trompette-Fondbele area, the Rivage Ridge area, and the southern Grand Bois polymetallic area. The five rock samples from Trompette-Fondbele all report anomalous gold, with values up to 19.85 g/t gold. Rivage Ridge extends 800 meters to the southwest of the deposit area, and EMX rock samples returned up to 0.94 g/t gold. The combination of the historic non-NI 43-101 compliant gold resource, the underlying intercepts of copper mineralization, and the gold and polymetallic occurrences to the south of the deposit further indicate the potential to expand the size of the gold, silver and copper mineralized system at Grand Bois.

Terms of Agreement. EMX, through its Haitian subsidiary Ayiti Gold Company S. A., purchased 100% interest in the Grand Bois property from SMC, subject to making the payments as outlined below under the Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) (all amounts are US dollars unless noted otherwise):

- EMX paid SMC $1,000,000 subject to certain deductions required to maintain the property in good standing.

- On the first anniversary of the Agreement, EMX has the option to pay SMC the equivalent of $1,000,000 as follows: $750,000 in cash or EMX stock and $250,000 in cash.

- Upon completion of a feasibility study, EMX has the option to pay SMC the equivalent of $3,000,000 in either EMX stock or cash, or any combination thereof.

- SMC retains a 20% net profits interest. EMX has the option at any time to purchase SMC’s net profits interest for $15,000,000.

Newmont Designated Project. The Agreement to acquire the Grand Bois property from SMC is subject to EMX’s Strategic Venture Agreement with Newmont (see Company news release dated April 28, 2008). Newmont has elected to include the Grand Bois property in a “Designated Project” venture, and work on the property will be governed by a Designated Projects Joint Venture Agreement. Newmont is responsible for all expenditures on the project until such time as it earns its interest.

Newmont can earn 65% interest in the Property by choosing to either (all amounts are US dollars unless noted otherwise):

- Fund 100% of the initial $10 million expenditures on the project within 6 years, or

- Complete a positive feasibility study on the property within the first six years.

Newmont has reimbursed EMX for the initial $1,000,000 payment to SMC (subject to deductions). EMX will be responsible to make the second $1,000,000 payment on the first anniversary of the Agreement. If Newmont continues to work towards its earn-in after the second anniversary of the Agreement, then Newmont will reimburse EMX for this second $1,000,000 payment. After Newmont earns 65% interest in the project, EMX has 120 days to elect one of three options: a) fund its proportionate share of expenditures for the program; b) let Newmont fund EMX’s share of expenditures to production in exchange for receiving an additional 5% interest in the project up to 70%; or c) convert its 35% interest to a 3.5% NSR royalty and receive annual $1,000,000 advance minimum royalty payments.

2009 Program. The Grand Bois property hosts a historic non-NI 43-101 compliant gold resource with potential for expansion and a possible copper-gold porphyry system at depth. EMX and Newmont plan an aggressive program of surface exploration and drilling to evaluate the district scale potential of the system and to test additional targets. The 2009 EMX / Newmont programs in Haiti, including the Regional Exploration program and the two Designated Projects, Grand Bois and La Miel, have a proposed combined budget in excess of $5,000,000 USD.

Comments on Sampling, Assaying, and QA/QC. EMX’s geochemical samples were collected in accordance with accepted industry standards and procedures. The samples were submitted to the ALS Chemex laboratories in Reno, Nevada (ISO 9001:2000 accredited) and Vancouver, Canada (ISO 17025 and ISO 9001:2000 accredited) for analysis: gold was analyzed by fire assay with an AAS finish, and multi-element analyses were determined by ICP MS/AAS techniques. EMX conducts routine QA/QC analysis on all assay results, including the systematic utilization of certified reference materials, blanks, field duplicates, and umpire laboratory check assays.

The Company’s Exploration Manager, Haiti, Keith A. Laskowski, MSc. is a Qualified Person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects of the Canadian Securities Administrators, and has reviewed and verified the technical information contained in this news release.

EMX is exploring and investing in a first class mineral property and royalty portfolio in some of the most prospective, but under-explored mineral belts of the world.

To view the Grand Bois Designated Project map please click on the following link: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/emx126m1.JPG

Does Stress Affect Your Skin?

Your skin holds whole of your body together. It is the single-most organ of the body facing the external environment and changes, all by itself.

Hence, it is quite natural for your skin to be amongst the first to get affected by any physical or psychological upheaval. For instance, if you happen to be in an environment full of dust, you are bound to notice the impact on your skin just after a few hours. Similarly, stress shows up on your face before anything else. The minute you have a tense moment, those close to you can immediately make out from the signs on your face.

God forbid, if you happen to be under a stress for the most part of your day, eventually the fine lines in your skin will begin to reflect just that. And the situation surely worsens if you are in your 30s or beyond, because that’s when the skin’s resistance is at its lowest.

Acne has come from being a mere teenage concern to almost an epidemic today. With increased beauty awareness, even the adolescents do not want to live with this menace anymore and want to do all they can to save themselves from acne.

If you too are prone to suffer from this skin problem, then first determine your skin type. Chances are that you have an oily skin or a normal one. Whatever your skin type is, it is alright to have a pimple or two now or then. But you really need to worry when you are developing a new pimple, papule or even a couple of new blackheads everyday.

If every morning you get up and see a few new spots, that too with a scary red color, its time you took note. Stop using any faulty soaps and cosmetics right away and consult a good dermatologist. If you do not attend to them in time, acne can actually lead to more serious skin diseases, curing which will then be a major task.

For more details about Acne and Skin Care  – Visit The Skin Care Guide

Why Foreign Aid to Haiti Failed

A Summary Report of the NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION – Terry F. Buss and Adam Gardner

Haiti—an island [shared with the Dominican Republic] country of 8 million people about the size of Maryland just 600 miles off the coast of Florida—is an extreme case: it has received billions in foreign assistance, yet persists as one of the poorest and worst governed countries.

Haiti is strategically important to the United States because of its location; perpetual state of violence and instability affecting the region; support for drug trafficking; potential as a trading partner; strong ties to a large Haitian-American diaspora; counterbalance to Communist Cuba; and relationship with the Latin American and Caribbean community.
Although it proudly lays claim as the second oldest republic in the Hemisphere, and the only nation whose slave population defeated a colonial power to become free,Haiti is, and has been, among the worst governed and most undemocratic states. Few places in the world, and
no places in the Western Hemisphere, are poorer than Haiti.This paper2 explains why, after consuming billions in foreign aid over three decades, and hundreds of millions specifically for governance and democratization programs, not to mention billions for other programs, Haiti remains politically dysfunctional and impoverished.
The international donor community classifies Haiti as a fragile state—the Government cannot or will not deliver core functions to the majority of its people, especially the poor. Haiti is also a post-conflict state—one emerging from a coup d’etat and civil war.Others have variously
characterized Haiti as a nightmare, predator, collapsed, failed, failing, parasitic, kleptocratic, phantom, virtual or pariah state. Researchers assembled mountains of documents covering every aspect of foreign aid to Haiti and lessons learned and best practices in providing assistance to developing, fragile, failed, and post-conflict countries.We visited Haiti in January 2005 on a fact finding tour.We interviewed numerous key informants.We shared drafts of this paper with experts, policy-makers, and practitioners in foreign assistance, generally, and Haiti, specifically, for review.

Broader Context

Duvalier, Aristide and U.S. Foreign Policy

To understand aid failure, one need look at Haiti’s politics and American foreign policy over several decades. From 1957 to 1971, Francois Duvalier ruled Haiti under a highly repressive, internationally-isolated dictatorship, where government institutions and the economy were chronically weak.

The United States tolerated Haiti’s regime because it was staunchly anti-
Communist. Duvalier’s son, Jean-Claude, took over on his father’s death, retaining many of his unwise policies.When Haiti deteriorated, the Reagan Administration (1981-1989) forced Duvalier to leave in 1986, allowing a military dictatorship to be established. For three years, the military repressed the population, compelling Reagan to suspend aid. Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a former priest, confronted the military and Duvalierists, not to mention Haiti’s economic elite, capitalists, and Americans, in an effort to establish a democratic government, modeled on “liberation theology.” He was elected President in 1990.The Government was in shambles, as was the economy, society and environment.
Seven months into his term, the military overthrew Aristide, installing yet another dictatorship.The military became even more repressive, allowing the country to further sink into extreme economic, social and environmental despair, from which it has yet to recover.
The Bush Administration (1989-1993), and other nations at Aristide’s insistence, embargoed, then blockaded Haiti, suspending all but humanitarian aid.

In 1994, the Clinton Administration (1993-2001) invaded Haiti and restored Aristide to power.Aristide had only a year left on his
term, and was replaced as President by his former prime minister, Rene Preval, in 1995.

Aristide won another term as President—2000 to 2005, with only 5% of registered voters participating. During Aristide’s, then Preval’s tenure (1995-2000), Haiti was steeped in violence and discord as political factions and economic interests jockeyed for power, the country
became ungovernable, and the economy all but imploded. National elections were deemed fraudulent in 1997, causing aid to be suspended once again.

In 2004, ex-military, neo-Duvalierists, paramilitaries, economic aristocracy, and many of his once-loyal supporters, overthrew Aristide in yet another violent coup.

The Bush Administration (2001-present) elected not to intervene to save Aristide, considering him the problem, not the solution.A new Transition Government replaced Aristide, intending to hold elections in February 2006. Aid is flowing once more in unprecedented amounts.

Regardless of one’s view of Aristide—he was democratic, warding off overwhelming reactionary forces, or he was just another in a long line of undemocratic, autocratic leaders

— four things seem true.

First, Haiti has been virtually ungovernable.There was no functioning
Parliament or judiciary system, no political compromise or consensus, and extreme violence perpetrated by paramilitaries, gangs, and criminal organizations. Corruption and drug trafficking ran rampant. No government enjoyed much legitimacy.

Second,U.S. administrations suspended, reduced, or delayed foreign aid to pressure Aristide and the opposition to stop the conflict, contributing to extreme poverty and economic and political stability.

Third, the 1991-1993 international economic blockade further impoverished Haiti’s people and economy. Fourth,Haiti remains the object of an ever changing U.S. foreign policy, that on occasion has made problems there worse, making Haiti a U.S. responsibility.

Economic, Societal and Environmental Degradation

Foreign Aid Investments

Country Ownership

President and Parliament

Haiti Budget 2009 : où est l’imagination?

Par Guichard DORE - En lisant le résumé du budget de la République fait par le Journal Le Matin,  il est permis de constater que le gouvernement de Mme Michèle Pierre-Louis fait preuve de manque d’imagination. Où sont les facteurs de croissance ? Qu’est qui est prioritaire dans ce budget? Taxer les passeports est-ce la meilleure solution ? N’est-il pas plus rentable pour le fisc de formaliser le secteur informel, de recenser et professionnaliser les personnes travaillant au noir ?  Quel expert en développement économique qui a conseillé les autorités dans la rédaction de ce budget? Si je comprends très bien, l’industrialisation du pays n’est pas importante.
 
Depuis Robert M. Solow on savait que le capital physique n’est pas suffisant pour enclencher un cycle vertueux de croissance. En priorisant les travaux publics, le gouvernement sacrifie les secteurs qui peuvent créer des emplois durables et donc doper la croissance et assurer la paix sociale par la réduction de la pauvreté dans le pays. Les travaux à haute intensité de main-d’œuvre qu’entraîneront, dans les prochains mois, les investissements dans le BTP ne constituent pas une politique d’emploi sérieuse. Cette solution est un traitement social du chômage pour les catégories les plus vulnérables. Elle n’est pas viable, tous les régimes l’ont utilisé au cours de ces 40 dernières années. Le budget national doit refléter un programme sérieux de développement économique. Il faut animer économiquement le territoire et insérer le pays dans une stratégie de croissance. Le budget fait fi toute démarche cohérente pour renouer le pays à l’emploi durable donc la croissance.  
 
   Ce budget, greffé sur une architecture ministérielle arriérée, est dénué de tout bon sens vu les problèmes du pays et le virage stratégique qu’il doit prendre pour arriver à son développement économique. Le Parlement doit corriger ce budget et, du même coup, exiger du chef du gouvernement une nouvelle architecture ministérielle qui reflète les vraies priorités du développement économique du pays. On pleine crise économique, il n’y a pas de place pour les ministères inutiles. La formation professionnelle est une priorité nationale et c’est un investissement qui prépare l’avenir. Une jeunesse sans qualification professionnelle est une menace pour la stabilité politique. La formation professionnelle est un accélérateur de la croissance économique. Un pays qui veut avoir des investissements directs étrangers doit avoir un personnel ou une main d’œuvre qualifiée. Il faut supprimer les enveloppes budgétaires des ministères inutiles et donner les lignes budgétaires qui leur ont été attribuées à l’Institut National de Formation Professionnelle (INFP).  Le parlement doit faire quelque chose pour la jeunesse du pays.          
  

Guichard DORE

AFFAIRE PORT-DE-PAIX: RAPPORT DU RNDDH SUR LE SCANDALE AU NIVEAU DE L’APPAREIL JUDICIAIRE

APPEL AU RESPECT DE LA LOI ET A LA MORALISATION DES PRATIQUES JUDICIAIRES ET POLICIERES EN HAITI – 30 décembre 2008

Le Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH), préoccupé par la situation qui se développe à Port-de-Paix depuis plus d’un (1) mois, se propose de partager avec l’opinion publique ses conclusions relatives à ce qu’il convient d’appeler désormais le « Scandale de Lavaud».
Le 21 octobre 2008, Alain DESIR est arrêté à Port-au-Prince puis extradé vers les Etats-Unis d’Amérique où il est détenu sous le chef d’accusation de trafic illicite de stupéfiants. Deux (2) jours plus tard, soit le 23 octobre 2008, une perquisition est menée à son domicile situé dans la zone de Lavaud, localité dépendant de la Pointe des Palmistes, première section communale de Port-de-Paix. Cette perquisition a été conduite par :

Jean Volné BELLAMIN, Substitut du Commissaire du Gouvernement;
Patrick EUGENE, Substitut du Commissaire du Gouvernement ;
Paul BLANC, Suppléant Juge de Paix ;
Jean Mathieu DORVELUS, Suppléant Juge de Paix ;
Gaby DORELIEN, Greffier ;
Albert LORISTON, Greffier.

Cette perquisition s’est soldée par l’interpellation du docteur Mozart CHERUBIN, Directeur médical de l’Hôpital Beraca, situé à La Pointe des Palmistes, la saisie de plusieurs objets par les autorités et l’apposition de scellés sur deux (2) maisons appartenant à Alain DESIR.
Parallèlement, suite à une information rapportée par un indicateur aux autorités judiciaires, relative à l’existence d’une forte somme d’argent, une deuxième perquisition est menée le 12 novembre 2008 à la résidence du sieur Marc FREDERIC, oncle de Alain DESIR, située dans la même zone que la résidence de ce dernier. Lancée sous la direction de Me René MOÏSE, Substitut du Commissaire du Gouvernement près le Tribunal de Première Instance de Port-de-Paix, cette opération été réalisée avec la participation de :

Saint-Marc BOUQUET, Juge Titulaire au Tribunal de Paix de Port-de-Paix ;
Jean Mathieu DORVELUS, Suppléant Juge de Paix ;
Gaby DORELIEN, Greffier ;
Albert LORISTON, Greffier ;
Mangle SAMSON, Représentant de la Mission des Nations-Unies pour la Stabilisation en Haïti (MINUSTAH) ;
Un contingent de dix-huit (18) policiers de l’Unité Départementale pour le Maintien de l’Ordre (UDMO) du Nord-ouest et un investigateur.
ACCILUS Wagonel, A1;
ALEXIS Petit François, A1;
BEAUDEL Gary, A1;
CHARLOTIN Djunny Anglade, A1;
COMTE Michelet, A1;
DUCTAN Ezechias, A1;
JABOIN Patrick, A1;
JEAN Rejunel, A1;
JOCELYN Jean Francenord, A1;
LINDOR Wilson, A1;
LOUIS Jean Claude Junior, A3 ;
LOUITERNIER Jean-Mary, A3, Investigateur
MELIDOR Jean Marc, A1 ;
NICOLAS Thiliny, A1;
PIERRILUS Ramy, A4, Commandant de l’UDMO ;
SAINT-VIL Gary, A2.
THÉOPHILE Eberle, A2;
TOUSSAINT Célestin, A3;
VINCENT Luxon, A1.

Le Commissaire du Gouvernement Michenet BALTHAZAR, en voyage aux Etats-Unis d’Amérique aurait été informé de l’opération, et pour s’assurer de sa part du butin, aurait recommandé son chauffeur Jean Simon MICLASSE au commissaire a.i. René MOÏSE pour l’accompagner dans cette opération.

La perquisition du 12 novembre 2008 s’est transformée en une véritable opération de pillage où des objets de valeur ainsi qu’une forte somme d’argent dont le montant exact ne peut toujours pas être estimé, ont été emportés par toute autorité judiciaire et policière ayant pris part à cette opération, à l’exception du représentant de la MINUSTAH. Par la suite, les pillards se sont entendus pour déclarer aux autorités la somme de cinq cent dix mille (510.000) dollars américains.

Les 12 et 14 novembre 2008, une distribution en règle est réalisée au Commissariat et au Parquet de Port-de-Paix par les pillards du domicile de Marc FREDERIC. Plusieurs personnes ont reçu leur part du gâteau dont entre autres :

Dumas LOUIDOR, Commis Greffier près le Parquet du Tribunal de Première Instance de Port-de-Paix ;
Me Gérard ATHIS, Avocat, ancien Commissaire du Gouvernement près le Tribunal Civil de Port-de-Paix ;
Sainvilia SAINT CHARLES et Kerline JEAN, récemment nommées Secrétaires au Parquet du Tribunal civil de Port-de-Paix ;
Patrick EUGENE, Substitut du Commissaire du Gouvernement près le Tribunal Civil de Port-de-Paix ;
Jean Volné BELLAMIN, Substitut du Commissaire du Gouvernement près le Tribunal Civil de Port-de-Paix ;
Harry REGISTRE, Inspecteur Municipal, responsable du Service Départemental de la Police Judiciaire et porte-parole de la PNH dans le département du Nord-ouest ;
Jordany LAZAR, policier, A2.

Toutefois, il convient de signaler que le Doyen du Tribunal de Première Instance de Port-de-Paix d’alors Me Ronel GELIN ainsi que le Juge de Paix Suppléant Wilson ETIENNE ont décliné les offres respectives de dix mille (10.000) et de trois cents (300) dollars américains qui leur ont été faites par le Commissaire a.i. René MOÏSE et le Juge de Paix Suppléant Jean Mathieu DORVELUS.

Face au scandale provoqué par ce dossier, le 6 décembre 2008, les Juges du Tribunal de Première Instance de Port-de-Paix se sont réunis en assemblée générale et ont décidé, en attendant que le Ministère de la Justice et de la Sécurité Publique mène une enquête sur le dossier, de ne pas siéger avec les officiers du Parquet tout en continuant à instruire les dossiers qui leur sont confiés et à siéger seulement en chambre des référés. Le lendemain, soit le 7 décembre 2008, le Doyen du Tribunal de Première Instance de Port-de-Paix, Me Ronel GELIN, a adressé une correspondance au Ministre de la Justice et de la Sécurité Publique, Me Jean Joseph EXUME, l’informant de cette décision. Le 10 décembre 2008, suite à une agression du Commissaire du Gouvernement Michenet BALTHAZAR sur la personne du Doyen Ronel GELIN, les juges ont décidé d’observer un arrêt complet de travail. Par lettre du 11 décembre 2008, le Ministre de la Justice a été mis au courant.

Le 12 décembre 2008, le Doyen Ronel GELIN est convoqué par le Ministre de la Justice et de la Sécurité Publique. Ce dernier, étant empêché, s’est fait représenter par son chef de cabinet qui a demandé au doyen de rouvrir les portes du tribunal. Devant son refus d’obtempérer, le 17 décembre 2008, il est relevé de ses fonctions de doyen pour insubordination. Il est remplacé par le Juge d’Instruction Max Wilbert JOSUE. Cependant, Me JOSUE proteste contre la manière dont le Doyen a été révoqué et par conséquent, n’accepte pas de prendre fonction. Parallèlement, le Substitut du Commissaire du Gouvernement René MOÏSE, les Juges de Paix Saint-Marc BOUQUET, et Jean Mathieu DORVELUS ainsi que les Greffiers Gaby DORELIEN, et Albert LORISTON sont mis en disponibilité avec solde.

Dans la foulée, dans la nuit du 27 au 28 décembre 2008, Marc FREDERIC, oncle d’Alain DESIR, est victime d’une tentative d’assassinat perpétré par quatre (4) individus armés, encagoulés. Il a reçu une balle au ventre alors qu’il se trouvait dans sa résidence et a dû subir immédiatement une intervention chirurgicale. Cet attentat à la vie de Marc FREDERIC confirme, si besoin en était, que ce dossier dangereux mérite d’être traité par les autorités haïtiennes avec une attention soutenue.

Cette pratique de disparaître les corps du délit et de piller systématiquement les maisons perquisitionnées tend étonnamment à devenir la règle au niveau de la police et de la justice. Le même scénario a été constaté récemment à Saint Marc où des juges, des greffiers et des policiers sont dénoncés d’avoir détourné à leur profit personnel une somme importante d’argent saisie dans des véhicules montés par des trafiquants de drogue. Tous ces fonctionnaires sont encore en poste et ne sont nullement inquiétés.

Tenant compte de la gravité du dossier, le RNDDH s’étonne de ce que le Ministre de la Justice n’ait pas jugé important de rencontrer le Doyen du Tribunal de Première Instance de Port-de-Paix, malgré toutes les dénonciations faites par ce dernier. Par ailleurs, la mise en disponibilité de certains membres de l’appareil judiciaire de Port-de-Paix ne peut constituer une solution aux graves défis qu’il y a lieu de relever dans cette juridiction car l’idée que des fonctionnaires de l’Etat se transforment en de vulgaires pillards et en des voleurs à cravate est totalement inacceptable et doit être sanctionnée avec la dernière rigueur.

Le RNDDH enjoint le gouvernement haïtien à mettre tout en oeuvre, pour que ceux qui ont détourné les corps du délit notamment à Port-de-Paix, volé les biens se trouvant en leur possession en raison de leurs fonctions, à quelque corps qu’ils appartiennent, ainsi que tous ceux qui cautionnent les actes de pillage, à quelque niveau que ce soit, soient identifiés, poursuivis et jugés conformément à la Loi.

Source : http://www.rnddh.org/article.php3?id_article=397

SCANDALE AU NIVEAU DE L’APPAREIL JUDICIAIRE :
Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH)

HAÏTI/BILAN ÉCONOMIQUE / 1,3 % : la croissance économique au plus bas depuis quatre ans

Par Rock Andre -  Un taux de croissance de 1,3 % du Produit intérieur brut (PIB) a été enregistré dans l’économie haïtienne pour l’année 2008, selon les estimations préliminaires publiées par l’Institut haïtien de statistique et d’informatique (IHSI). C’est le taux de croissance le plus bas, obtenu en Haïti depuis ces quatre dernières années, après des taux de croissance successifs de 1,8 %, 2,3 % et 3,4 %, calculés respectivement pour les années 2005, 2006 et 2007. Les crises pétrolière et alimentaire, sur le plan mondial, et le passage successif des quatre ouragans, sur le plan interne, ont perturbé la performance de divers secteurs de l’économie.

Le secteur primaire a été le plus touché avec la chute, en termes réel, de près de 6 % de la valeur ajoutée de la branche agricole. Cette mauvaise performance est surtout due aux effets néfastes des déréglementations climatiques de la fin de l’année fiscale qui ont provoqué d’énormes pertes en matière de productions végétale et animale, souligne l’IHSI. Les résultats du secteur secondaire ont été plutôt différenciés avec le repli de 0,1 % des industries manufacturières et l’augmentation de plus de 5 % de la valeur ajoutée, à prix constant, de la branche « construction ». Le secteur tertiaire a pu garder la tête hors de l’eau avec un accroissement de 5 %, imputable particulièrement à la bonne performance de la branche « Transports et Communications » dont la valeur ajoutée, en volume, a crû de 6,2 %, explique l’IHSI.

Entre 2 à 2,5 % de croissance pour 2009

En termes de perspectives, l’année fiscale 2009 s’annonce plutôt incertaine, selon l’IHSI. « Au niveau régional, la récession aux Etats-Unis risque d’affecter certains secteurs de l’économie haïtienne. Sur le plan interne, les effets négatifs retardés des ouragans, notamment sur le secteur agricole, ne sont pas à écarter. Toutefois, les mesures déjà prises et celles annoncées en vue de la relance de la branche agricole ainsi que les interventions faites au niveau des « Bâtiments et Travaux publics » pour la réfection des infrastructures endommagées, ajoutées aux impacts positifs distributifs de ces deux secteurs, devraient permettre à l’économie, toute chose étant égale par ailleurs, d’atteindre une croissance de 2 à 2,5% en 2009 ».

Les tensions inflationnistes dans l’économie haïtienne, dues notamment aux chocs pétrolier et alimentaire mondiaux, ont été énormes en 2008, rappelle l’IHSI, qui souligne que l’exercice s’est achevé sur une inflation en glissement annuel de près de 20 % en septembre 2008.
La baisse des prix sur le marché international découlant de la récession, conjuguée avec l’amélioration annoncée de l’offre des produits locaux, laisse augurer une inflation nettement inférieure à celle qu’on a connue en 2008, prévoit l’IHSI. En effet, le scénario le plus pessimiste prédit une inflation autour de 16 %, le plus optimiste, 8% et le scénario moyen, 12 %.

Cette croissance de 1,3 % du PIB en Haïti s’écarte nettement de l’objectif de 4 %, fixé en début d’exercice fiscal. Il faut admettre, toutefois, que cette prévision a été révisée à la baisse à plusieurs reprises, notamment, après les émeutes de la faim, en avril ; suite au choc pétrolier de juillet et finalement, après le passage des ouragans et tempêtes tropicales Fay, Gustav, Hannah et Ike, ayant causé des pertes de l’ordre de 900 millions de dollars, selon les estimations de plusieurs institutions internationales, dont la Banque mondiale.
Par Rock André
mardi 6 janvier 2009
Source : Journal Le Matin

A Call to Political Action for Freedom & Developmen in Haiti

by Parnell Duverger – Chairman, The Louverture Center for Freedom & Development

January 1, 1804 – January 1, 2009.

205 years of independence wasted away by a long series of petty and corrupt dictators, who thrived in an unfair social system made for the minority of the rich and powerful, as the majority, uneducated, poor, hungry and sick continued to face a life of misery and despair. Through these years, through these centuries should I properly say, not much has changed for the common man and woman of Haiti, except for their new willingness to escape the hellish conditions of extreme poverty and political violence, by seeking refuge in neighboring countries where a better life and a more hopeful future can be found, complete with the freedom and the economic prosperity for which their own country, Haiti, was born on a new year day. Is it time for all Haitians to find at home what they have sought and found in foreign lands, i.e. individual liberty, opportunities, economic prosperity, security, personal growth and development.

Nowhere else in the world will one find a larger number of Haitians living a more successful life, free and prosperous, while enjoying the hard earned respect of society and government, than in the United States of America. Thus, as Haitians living at home measure, with envy and disbelief, the good fortune of relatives and friends in America, their restlessness becomes increasingly acute as they continue to confront Haiti’s successive crop of authoritarian, often brutal, and corrupt political leaders, who, to this day, keep denying to the impoverished masses the freedom and prosperity promised by the nation’s forefathers on January 1, 1804.

More than two decades after the start of a long awaited transition – from an authoritarian to a democratic society – which began in February 1986, Haiti continues to drift aimlessly into greater poverty, a travesty of democracy, violence and foreign military occupations, unable to seize on the tremendous and exciting new opportunities for trade and economic development offered by a brave and hopeful new world of globalization, economic liberalization, and economic integration. For, while disoriented by the spectacular implosion of the Soviet Union as well as by the demise of authoritarian regimes throughout the world during the 1980s and the 1990s, and inspired by the new theology of liberation, with its doomed hopes of saving Marxist totalitarianism from total bankruptcy, an emergent political class, dominated by ideologues of the radical left, have sequestered Haiti’s fragile democratic process with a stubborn will to land our poor and needy country into a dubious alignment of undemocratic nations seeking to fan the flame of terrorism and political instability in our hemisphere.

Haiti’s movement toward democratic life appears to suffer from the same congenital defect that has afflicted the country since it debuted as an independent nation on the world’s stage: an unwillingness or incapacity of its rulers and political leaders, often self-appointed, to contribute to endowing every single citizen of Haiti, as their birthright, with the individual liberties, security and prosperity for which their ancestors defeated a powerful colonial army, with heroics so uncommon that the heart of every Haitian remains filled with eternal pride. Thus, the major challenge facing Haiti as a nation now and forever, although always ignored or misunderstood to this day, is how best to protect the individual freedoms of Haitians, by limiting the scope and power of government, and by enshrining or wowing into the fabric of Haitian society, the strong, dynamic, universal and well adapted institutions of liberty, upon which free societies are built and in which free people prosper. On planning and organizing to meet such challenge effectively and efficiently, rests the success or failure of Haitian society to transform itself into a free, democratic and prosperous nation, as well as the future economic well being of individual Haitians.

Today, one recognizes that to build for Haiti the institutions of free societies is not the Herculean task that the nation’s forefathers faced 205 years ago when they declared the country’s independence. For, Haiti now can learn from the experience and emulate the achievements of the industrially advanced nations of the Western hemisphere, the free societies of which have led their individual citizens to enjoy rights, liberties and economic prosperity on a grand and large scale never seen before in the history of mankind. Moreover, by engaging without delay its collective political will, as well as the creative energies and determination of its individual citizens, into the development of a culture of freedom and a process of wealth creation, based on lessons learned from its own undemocratic and turbulent past, from the achievements of western societies, from the successes and failures of past and modern economies in transition, including those of the former Soviet Union and China, as well as on the wealth of academic knowledge, practical know-how, proven leadership abilities and managerial experience

accumulated by Haitian expatriates in the United States, and elsewhere, Haiti can once again regain a position of leadership in the world, setting an example for and leading other less developed countries in the global fight against poverty, as well as for freedom, economic development, human rights, democracy, and the rule of law.

If, as our forefathers professed, we, Haitians, have a dream of liberty in a prosperous society, then we can find much inspiration and guidance in the goals and public policies as well as in the institutions and organizations of the free societies of the Western Hemisphere, who have been spectacularly successful on their own individual and culturally different path to freedom, economic prosperity, democracy and political stability. What are those goals? While, generally, the political goals include the establishment of a representative system of democratic government, with independent executive, legislative, judiciary branches, and based on political pluralism, the rule of law, as well as the free exercise of individual liberties, political and human rights, economic goals usually focus on economic growth, full employment, economic efficiency, price level stability, economic freedom, an equitable distribution of income, economic security, and a reasonable balance of trade. To achieve such goals, free societies rely on the institutions and organizations of the free enterprise system of a market economy based on the price mechanism of the market, well-established private property rights, competition, freedom of enterprise, freedom of choice, specialization, capital accumulation, technological changes, and a limited government that provides an accommodating legal structure, maintains competition, promotes stability, promotes freedom of enterprise, reallocates resources, and insures the availability of public goods and services.

Moreover, Haiti also stands to learn and benefit significantly from the trials and errors as well as the positive accomplishments of recent economies in transition – China, Russia, the former countries of the Soviet Union – or less recent ones such as the Asian NIEs, i.e. the Newly Industrialized Economies of Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea, if it wholly accepts and embraces the establishment of a free society driven by the free enterprise system of the market economy, as the primary and ultimate goal of renewed and clearly redefined transition efforts, from its current initial conditions of a failed state, of which the small market economy remains heavily burdened by tradition and the erratic command of a long string of dictators. To this end, the recommendations and best practices proposed by the International Private Capital Task Force (IPCTF), as a basic economic policy framework for accelerating the transition or transformation of a developing country from any given prevailing initial conditions into a well-functioning market economy, appear to constitute appropriate public policy prescriptions for Haiti. And if, as suggested by the Bleyzer Initiative (SigmaBleyzer, 2002: The Bleyzer Foundation), such policy prescriptions form the basis of a partnership with international donors for targeted assistance and financial aid, a successful path may be created for Haiti to turn its transition into prosperity. The SigmaBleyzer – IPCTF’s Economic Policy Framework consists a set of macroeconomic stabilization policies, both fiscal and monetary policies, aimed at creating an appropriate macroeconomic environment, and a set of 9 investment drivers that spur capital investments and move a country forward into a well-functioning market economy:

(1) liberalization and deregulation of business activities,

(2) stability and predictability of the legal environment,

(3) corporate and public governance,

(4) liberalization of foreign trade and international capital movements,

(5) financial sector development,

(6) corruption level,

(7) political risk,

(8) country promotion and image, and

(9) targeted investment incentives.

Such is the basic framework that I propose to all of you, Haitians living at home or abroad, for the development and implementation of a successful strategy for creating economic wealth and eradicating poverty in Haiti, through macroeconomic and job creation policies that stimulate the market economy to bring employment to free individuals in a free society, and in the most remote rural towns of our country. Every single one of us, Haitians, must contribute to bringing about the changes necessary to make our country work for all of us. So, let us talk to each other, and work with each other in order to succeed. It is our calling, a mission that we freely accept.

Where do we begin?

In lieu of the democratization process and other positive changes that Haitians have been clamoring for since February 1986, this interim 23-year period appears to have resulted in the collapse of Haiti’s social, political and economic systems. And, with the lackluster performance of the current Préval/Pierre-Louis government, the international community is increasingly looking at Haiti as a failed state. It would be reasonable indeed, in assessing the problems of today’s Haiti, that one accepts the objective realities of a failed state, i.e. of a set of political, social and economic systems totally broken down and in disarray, as the point of departure or initial condition of a renewed transition process leading to the realization of the Haitian dream, i.e. to the materialization of the ideals that gave birth to the independent and sovereign state of Haiti, on January 1, 1804: to create a free and prosperous society that maximizes the welfare of every individual Haitian..

On this date, January 2, 2009, Haitian Memorial Day, I am asking you to join me in pursuing the dream of our forefathers. This is my call to political action for freedom and development in Haiti.

Parnell Duverger

Chairman, Louverture Center for Freedom & Development
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