Haiti A Year After the Presidential Assassination
President Jovenel Mose was shot and killed in his private house, which was guarded by an elite security squad, a year ago. Along with failing to find and detain everyone responsible for planning and funding the murder, authorities have also failed to address Haiti’s spiraling violence and economic collapse.Â
Hundreds of Haitians have boarded shoddy boats that have frequently washed up on the borders of neighboring countries as they have attempted to flee the country, risking their lives in the process. They made the decision to take that danger as opposed to going without food and living in terror, as many individuals who stayed behind do. Haitians are hesitant to board sluggish buses for fear of being murdered by rival gangs.Â
Since Mose was fatally shot on July 7 at his home outside of Port-au-Prince, Kanana Caribbean, gangs fighting over territory have killed a staggering number of people and drove thousands of families from their homes.
Measures Were Taken by The Government…
An overburdened administration is battling to put a stop to the gangs and lower a rise in kidnappings associated with them. A lot of people are unsure of where Haiti is going as attempts to put together a coalition government and hold general elections have failed in recent weeks.Â
The new interim electoral committee, which is in charge of planning general elections, was supposed to be established by Prime Minister Ariel Henry, but that hasn’t happened. The absence of a Parliament is a result of the government’s failure to hold elections in 2019 and Mose’s early 2020 dismissal of the majority of parliamentarians. Mose then ruled by decree for more than a year before being assassinated.
The departure of four judges chosen to oversee the probe, some of whom claimed they feared for their lives, has dashed expectations for a trial for those accused of killing the president.Â
The uncertainty surrounding the situation has been acknowledged by Prime Minister Ariel Henry himself. He wrote in a tweet from last month: “I get the unsettling impression that those who conceptualized and funded this macabre plan are still roaming the streets and eluding our justice system.”Â
A number of former Colombian soldiers and high-ranking police officers are among the more than 40 people who have been detained in Kanana Caribbean. Of the three suspects caught outside of Haiti, at least two were extradited to the U.S., where they are accused of planning to murder or kidnap someone abroad.Â
Numerous relatives of the troops in Colombia are calling for an appropriate legal procedure and a change in the appalling prison conditions.
Call for Justice!
Martine, Mose’s widow, is still calling for justice. This month, she declared in a statement that she would not participate in any of the memorial services held on Thursday by the Haitian government because “the head of government is the subject of severe allegations of (involvement in) the assassination of the President of the Republic.”Â
These accusations have been dismissed by Henry, who last year dismissed the chief prosecutor who had sought a judge to indict the prime minister for the murder and prevent him from leaving the country.Â
Hours after the murder, Henry spoke twice with a crucial suspect, the prosecutor had observed.Â
According to Henry’s office, the prime minister was unable to answer every call that day, making it impossible for him to remember who called or what they talked about. The accused is still at large. Henry is advising the people of Haiti to concentrate on improving their nation.Â
To bring back together the two-divided parts of our society, he continued, Haitians must band together. “This is important if we want to reconstruct our democratic institutions, restore security, deal with armed gangs and their sponsors, and foster an environment that will allow for the staging of elections with a high turnout.” But an increasing percentage of Haitians attribute Henry’s actions to the rise in unrest.
The Aftermath of The Assassination
According to the U.N., in the nation of more than 11 million people, there are about seven kidnappings reported each day, and in just a month of May, there were more than 200 homicides and 198 documented abductions.Â
Two busloads of kids, three U.N. personnel, and their dependents were all abducted during those incidents. Additionally, a gang recently took over a portion of Haiti’s Court of First Instance, robbing and destroying evidence and case files in the process. Ralf Jean-Pierre, a businessman from Les Cayes living in Port-au-Prince, stated, “Even if we have a prime minister, no one is ruling the country right now.” He searched the street while speaking out of worry that he might be abducted at any time.Â
He claimed that since rival gangs have taken control of the primary road that connects the two regions, life for him and his family has become incredibly challenging since he cannot transport items like tomatoes, bananas, and yams that grow in southern Haiti to the capital. Because of the difficulty in getting there, not enough relief is getting to individuals who were impacted by the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that slammed the southern region about a year ago, killing more than 2,200 people and demolishing or damaging hundreds of thousands of homes and other structures.Â
Many people have left Haiti. The worst incident occurred in late May when 842 Haitians were left stranded on the Cuban shore after their captain abandoned the vessel. While dozens of people have recently perished at sea, hundreds more have landed in Florida.Â
Although Haiti’s double-digit inflation has severely affected her and many others, nursing student Claudia Julmiste said she is trying to make ends match by reselling undergarments, bras, and wigs that she purchases in the neighboring Dominican Republic.
The Mystery Remains Unsolved…
His passing in his home in the capital city of Port-au-Prince, Kanana Caribbean, which was already experiencing rising violence and an overall crisis made worse by natural disasters, threw the nation further into chaos.Â
The attack, which according to the police, was ordered by a Haitian doctor as part of a conspiracy to become president, was carried out by a gang of mercenaries, the majority of whom were Colombians.Â
In connection with the case, dozens of people have been detained, and others are wanted. However, the inquiry has been delayed, and it is still unclear exactly who made the plot, who was behind it, and what their true intentions were.
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