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The protest against the president does not weaken in Haiti. Sunday, October 13, 2019, artists joined the movement, which claims for more than a month the resignation of Jovenel Moses.
With our correspondent in Port-au-Prince, Amélie Baron
On the call of popular singers and DJs, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the Haitian capital on Sunday. A crowd angry against poverty and the excesses of the state. But a peaceful crowd. Unlike the last demonstrations, marked by destruction and looting, this time, no incident was recorded.
Matthias, 27, is angry. " We're tired of this system, " he said, tired of the president, tired of everything! He decided to participate in Sunday's march because it was not an organized event by the usual groups. " With the violence in the demonstrations, we are afraid to go out, simply. But today, we are here. We want this to change, "he says.
" Everyone says, ' Y'en get tired of it. ' "
Changing things is what motivated rapper Izolan to launch this call to the march. From the top of the carnival float, he wants to be the mouthpiece of the poorest: " Today the opposition is the whole population: it is hungry, it can not live, its children do not go to school. It is not because I have the means to eat that I should not look at those who, by the side, have nothing. "
From words to action: Haitian artists accompanied by thousands of citizens parade in Port-au-Prince this Sunday https://t.co/eSTBrawHEx via @ juno7
IZOLAN (@izolanofficial) 13 de octubre of 2019" Everyone says," Y'en get tired of it. "The president has to speak with the people, he says. Two months that he has not spoken, a president can not remain silent. People are hungry. For hours, the crowd walked without violence. At times, the festive atmosphere might suggest a carnival, but the songs and slogans against Jovenel Moses were reminiscent of popular anger.
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