Dominican Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez, speaking at the United Nations Security Council in New York City, told the council that the long delay is sending a security force to Haiti has worsened the abyss of violence and poverty in that country. He said that the delay of action on Resolution 2699 was bringing more despair to Haiti and has allowed the criminal gangs to increase their power. He called the delay “unjustified.”
Alvarez noted that the development of a democratic Haiti is necessary to maintain progress in the Dominican Republic.
He called for the immediate deployment of UN troops to bring calm and order to Haiti and fulfill the dreams of most Haitians for peace and tranquility.
In his address, Alvarez congratulated Kenya for its willingness to lead the multinational mission. The bad news, nevertheless is that shortly after Alvarez spoke at the UN, the Kenyan High Court accepted an appeal filed by an opposition leader against the proposal approved by the majority of the Kenyan Parliament. The Nairobi court accepted the appeal and ruled that sending the Kenyan forces to Haiti would be “unconstitutional, illegal, and invalid.” Kenya has already had over a thousand of its police officers trained in Jamaica to lead the UN Task Force in Haiti.
Meanwhile, to make the situation worse, Codevi, the large industrial manufacturing park in northern Haiti that employs more than 14,000 Haitians, announced the suspension of work after threats of the newly arrived Guy Philippe, deported from the United States, where he fulfilled a sentence for drug trafficking. Philippe aspires to remove acting President Ariel Henry and impose new government to control the gangs. Philippe once was the chief of the Police in Cap Haitien. He now leads rebel groups in Haiti.
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30 January 2024