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Demonstrators in Port-au-Prince demand the departure of Jovenel Moïse on September 27, 2019. REUTERS / Andres Martinez Casares

Haiti has experienced another day of tension, Friday, September 27. At the opposition's call, demonstrations against President Jovenel Moïse took place in Port-au-Prince and the main provincial towns. Alongside these movements, there was a lot of material damage and some looting. It has been two weeks since the protest movement of the opposition has grown and fear of violence, the majority of the population remains cloistered at home.

With our correspondent in Haiti, Amélie Baron

Recover roof sheets, floors, even parts of vehicles still burning: Cité-Soleil, the base of the UDMO policing police unit was completely looted early Friday morning by residents exceeded by the police as evidenced Steven Edgard: " The population who went to take the street this morning came to block this base UDMO to tell them: do not go out, the people have nothing against you but he does not want of your tear gas. It is they who shoot us, who send us gas and all the possible abuses. "

The negotiations ? " We do not want it "

In the procession of several thousand people, Axel Richard Timogène rejects the idea of ​​dialogue proposed by Jovenel Moise: " The negotiations of which the president speaks, we do not want. He has already tried it and destroyed the gait. And now he comes back with his proposal for dialogue. Yes, the dialogue is good for the country, yes, we need it but we can not do it with Jovenel because we can not hope for anything with him. We will unlock the country by ridding the country of Jovenel Moses who is useless. "

Looted shops

As with every demonstration , clashes with the police were violent. In the capital, after the dispersal of the bulk of the procession, several shops were looted and a house burned.

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