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- Subject: haiti bulletin #171
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- Haiti: Resistance & Democracy. Bulletin #171 Port-au-Prince.
- December 21, 1992
-
- NOTE: THE NEXT BULLETIN (#172) WILL COME OUT MONDAY JANUARY 4,
- 1993.
-
- This bulletin is produced clandestinely in Port-au-Prince,
- Haiti
-
-
- HUMAN RIGHTS
-
- VIOLATIONS
- Central Plateau: Mare-Rouge (Mirebalais).On Sunday December 20,
- 1992, the decapitated body of a Haitian Army soldier was found by
- farmers in Mare- Rouge, communal section of Mirebalais (70 km
- northeast of Port-au-Prince). According to information from a
- human rights organization, the soldier, Bazile Leonais, was
- assassinated by machete blows. His rifle and his uniform were
- placed on top of him. The Army has already arrested several people
- in the area; their number and identies are not known.
-
- South-East: Bainet (4th communal section). On Tuesday December 8
- at about 5 p.m., Maurice Damucy, KONAKOM coordinator for the
- Bainet region, was arrested by soldiers from that area. The
- arrest took place in the street, as Maurice Damucy was trying to
- inform some local KONAKOM militants about the wave of repression
- which has recently fallen on their party. Maurice Damucy was
- savagely beaten by the soldiers and is now imprisoned in Bainet.
-
- POLITICAL SCENE
-
- Special UN representative in the Haitian crisis on 48-hour mission
- to Haiti. On December 20, former Argentinian chancellor, Dante
- Caputo, the special representative of the UN Secretary General for
- the Haitian crisis, met with Reverend Antoine Adrien, coordinator
- of the Presidential Commission, head of the Army, Raoul Cedras, as
- well as Marc Bazin. Mr. Caputo, who arrived in Haiti on December
- 19 is to meet with the presidents of both Legislative Chambers,
- Dejean Belizaire and Alexandre Medard, Rene Theodore (prime
- minister designate in the Protocol of Accord of Washington, some
- diplomats, including the leader of the OAS observer mission, as
- well as Platform of Human Rights officials. The Argentinian
- diplomat, who is carrying out his first mission to Haiti since his
- appointment by Mr. BOoutros Boutros Ghali on December 11, sent a
- message to all parties, according to a diplomatic source cited by
- Interpress: "Establishment of a state of law in Haiti will be
- accomplished by applying the choice of the majority as expressed
- in the elections." (Tropic FM, 12/2192)
-
- Father Antoine Adrien, coordinator of the Presidential Commission,
- contests the interdiction by the police. The Nouvelliste reports
- remarks by Father Antoine Adrien in a press conference held
- onDecember 18 at the Hotel Christopher folowing police
- interdiction of the march planned by the Presidential Commission:
- "...The response of the police tramples on our right to
- demonstrate guaranteed by Article 31.2 of the Constitution. (...)
- Today the law and the Constitution seem not to exist for the
- government of shame. (...) Now only the law of the Army of Haiti
- exists in the country. (...) How can a march of nine people
- threaten national security? (...) Yet the electoral campaign for
- nominations is going to start. I find all this absurd."
-
- According to Le Nouvelliste, "once again the Presidential
- Commission drew the attention of the other camp to the neessity to
- resume, indeed to complete, negotiations. Otherwise the
- international community will impose its solution, said the
- Presidentail Commision leader. As evidence, he offered a letter
- which he just received from the OAS Secretary General, informing
- him of the latest resolution of the ad hoc meeting of OAS foreign
- ministers. Mr. Soares reiterated his intention to pursue the role
- of faciliator in the Haitian crisis. He also announced that a new
- OAS ission will be sent to Haiti at the beginning of 1993. (...)
- He also mentioned the need to engage in dialogue to find a
- solution in accordance with the Haitian Constitution."
-
- "The mayor elect of Port-au-Prince, Evans Paul, also a member of
- the Presidential Commission, enumerated concessions already made
- by the COmmission: acceptance of the principle of nominating a
- prime minister agrred on by all parties, formation of a government
- of national concord and amnesty for soldiers implicated in the
- coup d'etat. In the words of Father Adrien, this proposal has been
- sent many times to the other camp, who have never responded."
- (...)
-
- PARLIAMENT
-
- A session of questioning the de facto prime minsiter, Marc Bazin,
- is expected tomorrow in the Senate. The Villa d'Accueil prime
- minister is expected to appear in the Senate tomorrow.
- Parliamentarians of the anti- corruption bloc succeeded in calling
- this session for December 22. The points to be discussed in the
- session are: negotiation to obtain lifting of the embargo, respect
- for the autonomy of the University, return of all elected
- officials to their posts, social appeasement, 100,000 jobs, laws
- to establish democratic institutions specified by the
- Constitution. (Tropic FM, 12/21/92)
-
- INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
-
- Clinton pushed to act. Tropic FM mentions that the December 21,
- 1992 edition of the Washington Post carries an article referring
- to American foreign policy experts according to whom Bill Clinton
- must act promptly to end the Haitian crisis to avoid an increase
- in the number of boat people leaving for Florida. To achieve this,
- Bill Clinton should tighten the embargo against the de facto
- regime and support UN intervention in Haiti if the military won't
- give up power before January 20, 1993. The newspaper proposes the
- intervention of UN peacekeeping forces such as those in Cambodia.
-
- Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister, Mrs. Monique Landry, favors the
- return of President Aristide. After meeting with representatives
- of the Haitian community in Montreal on December 18, Mrs. Landry
- stated: "Canada is more determined than ever to help the Haitian
- people in their quest for democracy. We will not stop our efforts
- until the legitimate president elect is returned to power and a
- state of law is restored to Haiti. To this end, Mrs. Landry
- announced that Canada will try to obtain approval and support of
- the international community to instate an international embargo
- against the authorities in Port-au-Prince.
-
- OTHER ITEMS
-
- ell and Esso gas stations stopped distribution this morning.
- Dozens of drivers are already lined up at various locations to
- fill up. (Tropic FM 12/21/92)
-
- Translated by Haiti Communications Project - Boston
-
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