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style="font-kerning:none"><i>Haiti Action Committee is
honored to share this press statement from Fanmi Lavalas
Political Organization, the people’s party of Haiti. The
statement highlights the demands of Haitians for
security in the face of escalating death squad terror
and for an end to government corruption. It was issued
to commemorate the 221st anniversary of the Battle of
Vertieres, the decisive battle in Haiti’s war for
national liberation. We urge you to share this statement
widely. The statement in Haitian Kreyol is posted on
the <a
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<p
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size="4">Fanmi Lavalas Press Statement, </font><span
style="font-size:16px">November 16, 2024</span></b></p>
<p
style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(52,52,52)">Along
with all of Haiti’s victims, Fanmi Lavalas is waiting for
the new government at the crossroad of security.</p>
<p
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style="font-kerning:none">The population is
expecting security and not empty promises.</span></p>
<p
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style="font-kerning:none">Too much blood has already been
spilled.</span></p>
<p
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style="font-kerning:none">Too many people have already
died.</span></p>
<p
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style="font-kerning:none">Too many families have already
been chased out of their homes.</span></p>
<p
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style="font-kerning:none">Too many tears have already
flowed from the eyes of the Haitian people.</span></p>
<p
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style="font-kerning:none">It is not for this that our
Ancestors achieved the victory of the Battle of Vertieres
on November 18, 1803.</span></p>
<p
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style="font-kerning:none">Because our Ancestors genuinely
loved Haiti, they sacrificed their lives to liberate us
from the system of slavery. Unfortunately, the insecurity
and violence of today is the offspring of the same system
of slavery.</span></p>
<p
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style="font-kerning:none">To continue this struggle for
liberation, it is imperative that all patriots, not the
“pocketbook” patriots, come together. After the failure of
the first transitional government, this new government
must clearly demonstrate that they are not pocketbook
patriots who have come to bathe in corruption, but that
they are patriots who genuinely stand against the violence
of the programmed insecurity as well as the food
insecurity.</span></p>
<p
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style="font-kerning:none">On November 18, 1803, for the
flag of victory to be raised in Vertieres, our
great-grandparents put the interests of country before
power.</span></p>
<p
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style="font-kerning:none">Once again today, to accomplish
the tasks of returning all the victims to their homes
and establishing security to organize free and fair
elections, we must put country before power.</span></p>
<p
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style="font-kerning:none">Together, for all of us who have
this patriotic blood in our veins, Fanmi Lavalas stands
with you so that life can blossom again everywhere in the
country.</span></p>
<p
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style="font-kerning:none">Alone we are weak, together we
are strong, all together WE ARE LAVALAS.</span></p>
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style="font-kerning:none">Komite Ekzekitif Fanmi Lavalas, </span></p>
<p
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style="font-kerning:none">Dr. Maryse Narcisse </span></p>
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style="font-kerning:none">M. Joël Edouard Vorbe </span></p>
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style="font-kerning:none">Dr. Jean Myrto Julien </span></p>
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style="font-kerning:none">Agr. Anthony Dessources</span></p>
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