The United States has several times drew attention to the President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, the last of them last Friday, calling some of his decisions into question, despite being one of the foremost international supporters in the context of the political crisis and the violence it is experiencing the country.
REFERENCES FOR MISUSE OF DECISIONS
Several messages appeared on the Twitter account of the US Embassy in Haiti this week questioning the president.
“The United States supports Haiti in its efforts to combat kidnapping and gang violence; however, updated decrees for national intelligence and public security services continue to violate the fundamental principles of democracy, the rule of law or civil and political rights,” reads the forthcoming text. Friday.
These rules accompany the picture of a decree issued by President Moise last January 6 that revises another November 2020 provision on strengthening public security in terms of the establishment, organization and operation of the National Intelligence Agency.
The United States’ discrepancy with certain decisions made by the Haitian president, who has ruled by decree since the postponement of the 2019 parliamentary elections, is clear and prevents the renewal of parliament.
On Wednesday, June 24, the United States already expressed concern “about the creation of new state institutions, including the National Intelligence Agency, which could pose additional risks to fundamental rights and responsibility.”
The day before, on Tuesday 23, another message was posted declaring in the same vein and warning that “the Haitian government must by decree put an end to the current regime.”
“Only through a stable, democratic and fully representative government can issues such as violence, corruption and violations of civil and human rights be meaningfully addressed,” the text adds.
THE WRIST WITH THE RIGHT
Moise’s pulse on the country’s judges has also been the subject of comment, coinciding with an indefinite strike called by the group in its confrontation with the president.
A strike following the president’s decision, apparently in violation of the constitution, to forcibly suspend three judges of the Supreme Court of Cassation, the country’s highest judicial body, which the government says has planned a coup d’état, and between which Joseph Mécène also sits Jean Louis, who has been named “interim president” of Haiti by the opposition.
“The United States reaffirms its support for an independent judiciary, without executive interference. An effective democracy must have an independent judiciary, a functioning parliament and an executive that protects the rights of all,” the embassy published at February 19.
SUPPORTS AND DETRACTORS OF MOISE
The United States is one of the main supporters of Jovenel Moise in the political crisis that is shaking the country and supporting, as is the Organization of American States (OAS), the legitimacy of its continuity in power until February 2022.
It also endorses Moise’s plan to host the parliamentary and presidential elections, postponed since 2019, in which he will not be a candidate, an election process that will be preceded by a referendum to approve a new constitution.
The opposition, however, opposes these plans, demanding that the president immediately leave power to make way for a “ transition, ” as his legitimate period of power ended on February 7, a day in the Moise in which he accused he had been the object of the coup attempt. .