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Haiti - Social : Massive demonstration Lavalas, anti-Martelly 01/03/2012 12:19:55 The event was an opportunity for supporters of Fanmi Lavalas to renew with vigor, their unwavering support to their charismatic leader, while claiming their right to participate in inclusive and democratic elections, after being rejected two times by the Préval regime. From the ruins of Church Saint-Jean Bosco, the former parish of former priest Aristide, the demonstration, placed under heavy police escort, then crossed poor neighborhoods known to be strongholds of J.B. Aristide, then Avenue John Brown before taking the direction of the Haitian Parliament. Moïse Jean-Charles, Jean-Baptiste Bien-aimé, Accluche Louis Jeune, Saurel Jacinthe and Arnel Bélizaire ave joined the demonstration and promised to get that the Chief of State submit his travel documents in front of a angry mob shouting against the President Martelly "We know that you are not Haitian. You must show your passport !" Some protesters rampaging, ripped and torn pictures of President Martelly, very angry, protesters have attacked the authorities they accuse of wanting to sue their leader. Cautioning those in power against a possible lawsuit or political persecution... "We tell Martelly to be careful," said a protester. "If the government plans to stop it, we will burn the country." The Senator Jean-Baptiste Bien-Aimé shouted to the crowd "This coup whose aim is to arrest Jean-Bertrand Aristide will not pass. We swear 77 times 7 times" while his colleague, the Senator John Joël Joseph, affirmed before an excited crowd, "They think they can frighten Aristide, but we are here to defend him [...] Nothing will happen to him" Several parliamentarians also spoke to incite the population to prevent by all means, the restoration of the regime of "Tonton Macoutes." The pro-Aristide, warn the President Martelly that if he to refuse to give his travel documents to Parliament, they will go once again into the street on March 18, the first anniversary of the return from exile of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. HL/ HaitiLibre
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