Monthly Archives: November 2016

Nov 28 2016

Lavalas Se Yon Oganizasyon Teworis

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Lè nou rele Lavalas yon òganizasyon teworis, gen moun ki di ke nou ekzajere paske mo teworis la twò fò pou n mete sou do yo. Nou pa gen pwoblèm avèk moun sa yo ki di sa a non. Nou jis pral eksplike kòman nou fè di ke Lavalas se yon òganizasyon teworis li ye, e nou ta swete lè n fini, yo tout kapab tonbe dakò avèk nou.

Tout bagay nan mond la, depi ke li ekziste, gen yon mo ki defini l e kalifye l. Nou pa t envante mo “teworis” la non, se ititlize nou itilize l pou n ka defini ki sa Lavalas la ye.

Daprè Dictionary.com, mo “teworism” la vle di an Anglè “the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes.” An bon Kreyòl, sa vle “izaj vyolans ak menas pou entimide e fòse moun fè sa w vle yo fè, espesyalman pou rezon politik.”

Si yon moun gen pwoblèm avèk definisyon sa a, n ap mande l pou l ekri sit entènèt la pou l ka eksprime dezakò l avèk yo. E lè l ap fè sa a, fò k li pa bliye gen bòn definisyon mo a nan men l pou l ka bay yo li. Si l pa ka fè sa, n ap di l pou l ale bay chat li mal, paske se tan moun li soti pou l gaspiye pou granmesi.

Lè n baze sou definisyon mo teworis la, ke Dictionary.com bay nou an, èske Lavalas yo pa fè izaj vyolans ak menas kont moun ki pa kanpe nan menm kan politik avèk yo pou yo ka enpoze volonte politik yo sou moun sa yo? Wi, yo fè sa vre. Men kèlke ekzanp n ap bay ou pou n ka byen kore agiman nou an:

  1. Lè Jean-Bertrand Aristide te fin prete sèman kòm prezidan nan jou ki te 27 Septanm 1991 la, nan diskou envestiti li a, misye kanpe devan Palè a, devan kamera laprès nasyonal ak entènasyonal ak devan konbyen milye moun ki t ap gade l pou l ap glorifye Pèlebren… pou l ap di teworis Lavalas li yo ke lè yo kenbe yon Makout, se pou yo pa neglije bay li sa l merite. Misye menm ale pli lwen pou l di ki jan Pèlebren se yon bèl zouti, yon ti bagay ki santi bon.
  2. Jou ki te 7 Novanm 2016 la ki sot pase a, nou te wè ankò menm Jean-Bertrand Aristide sa a ki kanpe devan yon gwoup teworis Lavalas parèy li pou l ap di yo pou yo fè dechoukaj ak kraze brize si eleksyon 20 Novanm yo pa ta arive fèt.
  3. Eske nou pa t jwenn Andre Michel, yon lidè teworis Lavalas, nan tèt yon manifestasyon kraze brize Lavalas ki t ap di ke “Sèl jan pou yo ta mete Jovenel prezidan an Ayiti, se lè nou ta fin redwi peyi a an sann, e sou sann nan n ap konbat yo?”
  4. Nan lane 2015-2016 yo, Lavalas yo te pran lari pou yo te dechouke Prezidan Martelly. Yo te fè manifestasyon kraze brize prèske chak semèn pou y ap kraze e boule machin moun, boule biznis prive moun ak krabinen moun ak kout wòch. 

Nou te ka bay plis ekzanp toujou wi, men, paske nou pa vle twò long, n ap kanpe la pou kounyè a. Ekzanp sa yo ke nou bay yo, se pa nou menm non k ap envante yo. Epi pou yon moun ap di ke nou ekzajere lè nou idantifye Lavalas kòm yon òganizasyon teworis? Se pa nou menm non ki rele yo teworis la… se zak y ap poze nan sosyete a wi ki di se sa yo ye. Nou ka sispann rele yo teworis demen maten wi si yo vle, mwayennan ke yo chwazi pou yo aji kòm moun ki sivilize, ki voye vyolans jete pou yo anbrase deba kontraditwa ak respè ak tolerans ke yo dwe a moun ki pa kanpe nan menm kan avèk yo. Lè sa a , n ap premye moun k ap vini isit la, k ap ekri piblikman ke Lavalas se yon òganizasyon sivilize ki gen moun sivilize e eklere ladan l, k ap pratike yon politik ki fè fyète yo e fyète tout Ayisyen alawonnbadè. Men si yo pa ka fè sa a tou, yo fèk tanmen ap tande nou k ap rele yo teworis.

 

Nov 25 2016

Clarens Renois Pou Premye Minis

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Clarens Renois

Aprè ke eleksyon yo fin byen pase nan peyi a, nan jou ki te Dimanch 20 Novanm nan, daprè jan tandans la ye nan mitan popilasyon an, nou kwè ke Jovenel Moise genyen eleksyon an avèk yon majorite ekrazant. An nou pa menm bezwen pale de dezyèm tou. Avèk yon sèl kout kle a, machin nan pati e li pran direksyon pwogrè ke peyi a t ap tann depi lontan an.

Pou kantite pwoblèm k ap tann Jovenel Moise, n ap mande pou misye pa pèdi tan pou li mete kanpe ekip tranzisyon li a prese prese pou li kòmanse ap bay administrasyon li a fòm li sipoze genyen an. Men etan done ke premyè pozisyon ke l ap bezwen jwenn moun pou li a se pòs premye minis la, n ap mande pou misye fè chwa sa a avèk anpil tèt frèt ak sajès politik; chwa sa a ap defini ki sa misye vle akonpli vre nan 5 lane li pral pase nan tèt peyi a.

Nou bezwen yon premye minis ki konpetan, ki vle travay, ki jèn, ki pataje vizyon Jovenel pou peyi a, e ki ka garanti tout sektè nan peyi a ke li pral travay nan enterè peyi a, pa nan enterè politik pati ki sou pouvwa a.

Nou ta swete Jovenel rele Clarens Renois pou l bay misye pòs Premye Minis la pou l ka mete kanpe yon gouvènman serye ki chita sou konpetans, kalifikasyon ak onètete –san konsiderasyon de nan ki pati moun sa yo ki pral fè pati de gouvènman an ap soti.

Clarens pa premye moun nan lis nou an non. Premye moun nan lis nou an se Daniel Rouzier; dezyèm moun nan se Charles Henri Baker; twazyèm nan se Reginald Boulos. Men nou deja konnen ke anba rasis po nwa sa yo ki nan Paleman an k ap bezwen pou ratifye chwa a, koulè ak klas sosyal mesye sa yo deja poze pwoblèm politik pou yo. Men nou t ap pi alèz pou se ta youn nan yo twa a ki ta PM nan pou konpetans ak eksperyans yo.

Jovenel ap chwazi Clarens kòm yon chwa estratejik –misye plis parèt tolerab e konsilyatwa. Misye vle travay e li ka travay. Nou plis kwè ke misye gen plis chans pou yo ratifye l nan Paleman an ke lòt twa mesye nou te site avan yo. Si misye ta fin pase etap ratifikasyon an nan Paleman an, nan gouvènman l ap gen pou l mete kanpe a, nou ta swete ke li retounen avèk Stephanie Villedrouin kòm minis touris epi Nesmy Manigat kòm minis edikasyon nasyonal. 2 moun sa yo te briye pa konpetans e dinamism yo nan gouvènman PM Lamothe la.

Erè nou pa ta vle pou Jovenel fè, nou pa ta vle li konsantre sou zafè pati politik pou l mete moun nan pouvwa li a. Misye sipoze pran tout moun, kèlkeswa moun nan, nan kèlkeswa pati politik moun nan ye a. Misye ap bezwen mete kanpe yon pwofil ki chita sou kalifikasyon, konpetans ak onètete. Depi moun nan “fit” pwofil la, li gen plas li nan pouvwa a. Pa jere zafè nèg nan ti pati PHTK ak alye. Li ka fè sa nan ekip konseye politik e teknik ke l ap genyen nan palè a avèk li, men pa nan administrasyon zafè Leta a.

Nou vle pou tout Ayisyen frè ak sè nou yo konprann ke politik zingzani an fò k li fini nan peyi a paske li pa p menmen nou okenn kote. Nou bezwen fè yon politik ki eklere, kote nou sispann pèsonalize politik la.

Sou rezo sosyo yo, kòm anpil moun te kapab obsève, nou te youn nan moun ki te mennen yon kanpay fawouch kont Clarens Renois pandan tout kanpay elektoral la paske kandida pa nou an se te Jovenel Moise. Sepandan, gade ki jan jounen jodi a se nou menm k ap mennen kanpay pou li Premye Minis. Se konsa nou dwe fè politik la.

Sa anpil moun pa konprann sè ke kanpay la fini –pa gen kanpay prezidansyèl ankò. Kounyè a se moman pou n pase o travay, pou n gouvène zafè Leta a pou byennèt peyi a; se moman pou n reyini tout moun an fonksyon de talan e konpetans yo pou yo mete yo o sèvis de peyi a.

Batay politik nou t ap mennen kont Clarens la pa gen anyen pèsonèl ladan l. Se konsa jwèt politik la jwe. Barack Obama te mennen yon kanpay gason pa kanpe kont Hillary Clinton an 2008. Lè li fin prezidan, ki sa nou te wè li fè? Li rele Hillary pou li vin travay pou peyi a. Li mete l nan Depatman d Eta a. Hillary pa t fè gwo lestomak pou l ap di li pa nan bagay konsa, Obama genyen eleksyon an se pou l degaje l avèk moun li yo pou li dirije peyi a. Non. Epi tou, sa pa t ap fè okenn sans.

Gen yon grand diferans ant mennen yon kanpay politik ak gouvène yon peyi. Si ou te gen yon diskou sektoryèl ki chita sou divizyon pandan kanpay la, lè ou fin genyen, ou bezwen itilize yon diskou k ap rasanble tout moun paske, antan ke prezidan, ou se prezidan tout moun, menm moun sa yo ki te opozan fawouch ou yo nan kanpay la. Nivo de refleksyon sa a, anpil entèlektyèl Ayisyen pa ko ka dijere l. Yo pran kanpay politik la trè pèsonèl. Yo pa wè l kòm yon jwèt tankou “box” ak karate non, yo wè l kòm yon zafè pèsonèl.

Alòs, n ap fè apèl a sans de sajès politik Jovenel pou misye pran Clarens Renois kòm premye minis li. Si misye ta arive fè sa, li t ap youn nan pi gwo desizyon li ta kapab pran, e li t ap trè byen resevwa nan majorite sektè yo nan peyi a. Nou ta renmen misye tande e li pran ti konsèy sa yo ke nou te pote pou li yo. Nou swete misye anpil siksè nan dezisyon ke l ap genyen pou l pran nan non peyi a. Konsa, aprè 5 lane li a, nou va gen yon peyi ki fè anpil pwogrè politikman, eknomikman e sosyalman.

 

Nov 23 2016

My Message To Lavalas: Accept Defeat And Congratulate The Winner

Lavalas, the Haitian political left, has spent the last 30 years doing nothing but dechoukaj and kraze brize; they failed to offer the country an alternative, a better way to the “old way” [Duvalierism] they had fought and brought to the ground.

Sunday night, the Haitian people have spoken loud and clear, unambiguously. They rejected the terroristic agenda of the Lavalas left to embrace the message of hope Jovenel Moise has proposed and the inspiration he embodies.

The vote is a clear testimony that the people of Haiti want to see their country doing better on the global stage economically, politically and socially. And they are unequivocally convinced now, finally after 30 years of dechoukaj and kraze brize, that the extremism politics of the Lavalas left is not the path to take.

My message to my Lavalas brothers and sisters is this:

Losing an election is never an experience any politician would want to endure. I get that. But that’s the nature of the game –if we must picture politics as a contact sport.

This is not the time for bickering, certainly not the time to be indulging in terrorist activities. In spite of our political and ideological differences, we are condemned to live together as brothers and sisters.

More than ever before, this is the time to take the high road –show a little civility by accepting defeat and congratulating the winner. Spend ample time in retreat to assess what went wrong having caused you the election; strategize and come back stronger than ever before in mounting an open-minded opposition to the Jovenel Moise administration. The country needs you in that capacity to keep the next administration in check so to maintain the political equilibrium necessary for the well-being of our democracy.

There will be many more elections to come. Get to work today so the outcome of each and every single one of these next elections could be different and better for your side of the spectrum. Dechoukaj and kraze brize will not do it, nor will it help the country move forward. After three decades of applying these same refractory, deceptive and repressive tactics, it is time to show the world that you have matured a bit and that you have grown out of the politics of cynicism. Again, Jovenel Moise won the election fair and square. I suggest that you call him to concede the race and congratulate him on his victory. It is never too late to do the right thing, to do what the civilized world is expecting of you.

Nov 10 2016

Haiti: Aristide Has Called for Violent Street Protests or “Dechoukaj” If Scheduled November 20 Elections Are Aborted

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Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide

The other day, as I was scrolling down my news feed on Facebook, I stumbled on this video clip of Jean-Bertrand Aristide campaigning alongside Maryse Narcisse, the presidential candidate for his Fanmi Lavalas Party, in which he is calling for “dechoukaj” [in English: violent street protests] in the event that his Lavalas associates in power fail to hold the scheduled November 20 elections.

That was very irresponsible on his part, being that he is a former president, someone who is expected to take the high road on the burning issues affecting our everyday lives.

I want to tell this man that we have enough of his politics of violence. The country cannot take another wave of “dechoukaj” and “kraze brize.” Ever since I know him, violence has always been his signature politics. His incitation to violence is proof that he has not evolved a notch.

Should his Lavalas associates continue to hold on to the people’s power illegally if they fail to organize the elections? Absolutely not. But we do not need a wave of “dechoukaj,” as Aristide is suggesting, to solve that problem.

Why should we always have to recourse to violence to make our voices heard? What has happened to the idea of holding peaceful protests in a democracy?

If his Lavalas associates in power fail to hold the elections, I am calling on the country’s social, political, religious and business forces to come together to propose the way forward to a peaceful transfer of power –to ask Jocelerm Privert, the country’s de facto president, and his cronies to get their grips off the people’s power so Judge Mecene Jean-Louis of the Supreme Court could take the leadership of the country with the ultimate mandate of closing the chapter of the overdue elections.

The country has had enough in the past few years –earthquake, hurricanes, floods, etc… –for this man to be inciting violence. Just last month, we got hit by a devastating hurricane, leaving the entire Southern peninsula in shambles. Yet, this defrocked priest could not find anything better to do with himself but to incite his followers to violent protests. He ought to be ashamed of himself.

Aristide represents everything that is not good for our country, everything that is keeping us in this state of lawlessness, instability and socioeconomic deprivation. We need to repudiate his politics of violence once and for all. After 30 years of the Lavalas anarchic philosophy, we say enough is enough. Now is the time for civility and tolerance in our political discourse. Now is the time to rebuild, not destroy.