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<i>Haiti Action Committee is honored to circulate this statement
from Fanmi Lavalas, the people’s party in Haiti. Fanmi Lavalas
issued the statement in solidarity with the massive upsurge of
protest against the corrupt regime of Haiti’s current president
Jovenel Moise. The statement comes in the wake of violent state
repression, including the horrific massacre of over 60 people in
Lasalin, a center of popular grassroots activism. </i><br>
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This December 16thwas the 28thanniversary of the
election of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as Haiti’s
first democratically elected president. The date
was marked in Haiti with continued mobilizations
for democracy and an end to the brutal attacks on
the population. </i></p>
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Roman";color:black"><b>Fanmi Lavalas
Statement</b><span></span></span></p>
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New Roman";color:black">November 15, 2018 <span></span></span></b></p>
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style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black"><b>Crisis and Resolution</b><span></span></span></p>
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Roman"" align="center"><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">[<i>An unofficial
translation by Haiti
Action Committee</i>]<span></span></span></p>
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<span></span></span></p>
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Roman""><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">There
is a grave crisis in contemporary Haitian society,
in which the masses of our
people are opposing an oligarchy determined to
perpetuate a system of exclusion.
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<span></span></span></p>
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0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman""><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">There
have been many bumps in the road since February,
1986, when our people
overthrew the Duvalier regime. Several <i>coups</i>
<i>d'etat</i> have occurred, with the
most damaging to the population having taken place
in 1991 and 2004. Despite
continued battering by the repressive and
ideological machine, the more
conscious and militant sectors of the population
have stood firm; their
resistance has been constant despite periods of
setback.<span></span></span></p>
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<span></span></span></p>
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0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman""><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">At
the present time, we are witnessing a general
awakening of national
consciousness. In addition to the population
rising up to insist on better
living conditions, with demands coming from many
different sectors, including
workers, peasants, educators, and students, the
scandal involving the
embezzling of the Petro-Caribe funds has provoked
a big upsurge in mobilization
against corruption and impunity. As so often
occurs throughout history, the
Petro-Caribe scandal has raised the awareness of
the overwhelming majority
about the unjust economic and political system,
revealing the cause-and-effect
relationship between this system and the
sufferings of the Haitian people.
Large masses of the population have come to
understand with greater clarity and
intensity the urgent necessity to take their
destiny in their own hands. <span></span></span></p>
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<span></span></span></p>
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0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman""><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">As
usually occurs during periods of dynamic struggle
such as the present, the
oligarchy is fractured. Attempting to maintain the
status quo, it is faced with
internal contradictions regarding the strategy
that would allow it to save “the
system” -- a sham institutional “democracy” set
within a framework of an
economic and social regime based on glaring
inequalities, a stranglehold on
political power that excludes the popular masses,
and the pillage of national
resources. <span></span></span></p>
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<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in
0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman""><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">Fanmi
Lavalas Political Organization is always closely
tuned in to the various
sectors of the population, and our conclusion is
obvious: it is time for the
political class to muster the courage to initiate
a profound change in the
paradigm and structures of governance that
characterize the present system.
This is a necessity that has a wide consensus as
manifested by the ever-growing
magnitude of anti-government mobilization that we
are witnessing today. It is
imperative that we respect the people’s
aspirations for progress and for a just
society. It is paramount that we stand in
solidarity with the people’s protests
demanding a new form of state. The nation deserves
a new system that is more in
harmony with the dreams of our founders, a new
vision of the Republic rooted in
Justice, Transparency and Participation.<span></span></span></p>
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<span></span></span></p>
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0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman""><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">The
population is rejecting the usurpers who have
derived their power from the
fraudulent elections and who have discredited
themselves with multiple scandals
involving corruption and impunity. Our people are
facing savage repression that
continues to create victims among the
disadvantaged masses, and that is
heightening the insecurity that is poisoning daily
life for the majority. Fanmi
Lavalas Political Organization continues to stand
firmly with the Haitian
people to “<i>chavire chodyè a</i> (overturn the
cauldron)”. No cosmetic solution will
bring an effective and lasting solution to the
crisis in which we are plunged.
This system has run its course. It cannot be
patched up. It must be changed.</span><span
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Roman";color:black"> <span></span></span></p>
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<span></span></span></p>
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0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman""><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">“<i>Chavire
chodyè a</i> (Overturn the cauldron)” means that
we consider this moment to be
exceptional. The deterioration of the political
situation, the degradation of
the economy and public finances, the failure of
the state and its institutions,
the lack of legitimacy and the absence of
credibility at all levels of the
state apparatus, make illusory if not impossible
an end to the crisis by
so-called constitutional means. The conditions for
a new beginning that will
put the country back on track, in </span><span
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</span><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">keeping
with the demands of the overwhelming majority,
require an exceptional approach.
For Fanmi Lavalas this includes:<span></span></span></p>
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<span></span></span></p>
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Roman";color:black">1)
Obtain the resignation of Jovenel Moise through a
general mobilization <span></span></span></p>
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Roman""><span
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Roman";color:black">2)
Resignation of Jean Henry Ceant and all his
ministers<span></span></span></p>
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Roman""><span
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Roman";color:black">3)
Assess the dysfunction and lapses in the
Parliament<span></span></span></p>
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Roman""><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">4)
Put in place an executive and a government of
public safety to ensure a
transition for a period of 36 months.<span></span></span></p>
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Roman""><span
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<span></span></span></p>
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Roman""><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">This
transition government will consist of credible
personalities, engaged in the
struggle against exclusion and corruption, who
share a vision of a new method
of governance. Among the priorities to be
included:<span></span></span></p>
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<span></span></span></p>
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Roman";color:black">a)
Improve the living conditions of the population by
the sound and efficient
management of current priorities pending the
installation of an elected
government.<span></span></span></p>
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Roman""><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">b)
Create a constituent assembly for a new
fundamental charter that will define
the features of the new Republic.<span></span></span></p>
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0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman""><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">c)
Organize a necessary national dialogue.<span></span></span></p>
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Roman""><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">d)
Create the conditions that will end impunity and
allow for a trial of those who
have absconded with the Petro-Caribe funds. <span></span></span></p>
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0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman""><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">e)
Take all measures to revise the Electoral Law and
appoint a new electoral
council charged with organizing elections to close
out the transition period <span></span></span></p>
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<span></span></span></p>
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Roman""><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">The
transition aims to implement fundamental reforms
that would allow a democratic
process and would make possible free, honest and
credible elections. The
transition must restore confidence between the
people and the state. In this
light the demands of the popular masses must be
taken into</span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">account on all issues.
True to its
commitment to social justice and participation,
Fanmi Lavalas will play its
role alongside the population in continuing to
promote the dialogue that is
indispensable among the sons and daughters of the
same land. </span><span
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Roman";color:black"> <span></span></span></p>
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<span></span></span></p>
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Roman""><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">Executive
Committee of Fanmi Lavalas<span></span></span></p>
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Roman""><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">Dr.
Maryse Narcisse <span></span></span></p>
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0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman""><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">M.
Joël Vorbe <span></span></span></p>
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Roman""><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">Dr.
Jean Myrto Julien <span></span></span></p>
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Roman";color:black">Agr.
Anthony Dessources</span></p>
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<div>Link to the statement in French here: <a
href="https://haitisolidarity.net/voices-from-haiti/fanmi-lavalas-crise-et-solution-15-novembre-2018/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://haitisolidarity.net/voices-from-haiti/fanmi-lavalas-crise-et-solution-15-novembre-2018/</a><br>
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<div>Link to the English translation here: <a
href="https://haitisolidarity.net/crisis-and-resolution/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://haitisolidarity.net/crisis-and-resolution/</a><br>
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