[News] Allow Aristide to return to Haiti now
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Wed Jan 13 10:12:02 EST 2010
Allow Aristide to return to Haiti now
HIP editorial by Kevin Pina
http://www.haitiaction.net/News/HIP/1_13_10/1_13_10.html
Haiti is facing one of its most severe challenges
after a large earthquake rocked the capital
yesterday destroying most government buildings
and killing possibly thousands. Now more than
ever the people of Haiti need hope for the future
and as Haitis ambassador to Washington Raymond
Joseph said yesterday on CNN, we need unity to
meet the challenge of this crisis.
That unity must reach beyond the nasty and
vindictive politics that have divided this tiny
nation since Aristides ouster in Feb. 2004.
Haiti needs all the help she can get to provide
the population with hope so that they might rally
to mobilize against endemic despair in this
darkest hour. The US and the international
community must stand aside and end their role in
keeping
<http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gb_pz55WSvzvrbgEcfV6YYZaXPEg>Mr.
Aristide out of Haiti where he is needed now more
than ever. Most analysts agree that Aristide and
his Fanmi Lavalas remain wildly popular among the
majority of the poor in Haiti who are in all
likelihood among the hardest hit in this crisis.
Haitian President Preval can no longer afford to
continue his policies of exclusion and political
patronage that have sought to dismember the Fanmi
Lavalas party and keep Aristide away from Haiti.
All Haitians are needed in this time of great
need and there could be no greater symbol of hope
and unity in Haiti right now than allowing Mr.
Aristide to return from exile in South Africa to
participate fully in relief and recovery efforts.
The international community must step aside and
allow all Haitians to mobilize their efforts to
overcome this latest tragedy that is certain to
test the courageous and resilient spirit of the
Haitian people over the next days, weeks and
months. Allowing Aristide to return to his
homeland would provide the strongest signal yet
that the international community and the Preval
government are truly interested in what is best
for the Haitian people in their hour of greatest need.
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