Political transition in Haiti: "the Montana agreement is the most elaborate"
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Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, here on November 24, 2021. © Valérie Baeriswyl/AFP
By: Mikaël Ponge Follow |
Mikael Ponge Follow
3 mins
As we approach February 7, 2022, the date that Jovenel Moïse, the president assassinated last summer (2021), considered the end of his mandate, the various political and civil society bodies working to implement place of a political transition after this date, the proposals multiply.
Seven personalities have already applied for the collegiate presidency imagined by these various agreements.
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Even before the assassination of Jovenel Moïse, on July 7, 2021, proposals had been put on the table to develop scenarios for ending the crisis after the controversy around the end date of the late president's mandate. At present, three main agreements are in play. The so-called 9/11 agreement, concluded between Prime Minister Ariel Henry and part of the former opposition. That of the PEN, the national memorandum of understanding,
"a contingency agreement, signed 2 days after the death of Jovenel Moïse, by part of the opposition political parties and the power (...) an agreement which is almost stillborn “,
explains our guest, Frédéric Thomas, doctor of Political Science at Cetri, the tricontinental center based in Belgium, according to whom the third agreement, said of Montana
"the result of several months of work",
is
"the broadest, the most consensual, the most elaborate and the most radical since it aims for a transition of rupture, over a period of 24 months to rebuild the State"
.
But if it is the most legitimate agreement,
"it is obliged to find a minimum of consensus with political parties which are not registered in this agreement",
underlines Frédéric Thomas who deplores that Ariel Henry whose power
"suffers of credibility and legitimacy"
is still that
"supported by the international community by trying to set aside, to conceal the Montana agreement and the attempts of civil society to achieve a real transition".
The end of the journey for the migrant caravan from Honduras
Most were turned back at the Guatemalan border, but still hope to continue on to the United States.
Last Saturday (January 15, 2022), at dawn, several hundred migrants left a parking lot in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
Hondurans, but also Nicaraguans, Haitians.
A group departure, to better protect themselves from the dangers inherent in this long march towards the American border.
A caravan that was dispersed at the first border encountered, that of Guatemala.
At Washington's request, Guatemala is much stricter.
According to the Confidencial media, 622 migrants were turned back on Saturday (January 15) at the El Corinto border post.
Colombia: Ingrid Betancourt, candidate for the candidacy
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"Two months from this consultation, it is difficult for him to equal the electoral weight",
the two main candidates, underlines the press of the country which estimates that it would have also and perhaps especially launched in the race for the presidency. to win votes for the coalition.
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