Haiti - FLASH : Soldiers of Engineering body block access of the Ministry of Defense
Monday, arrived aboard a bus and an all-terrain vehicle, a few dozen soldiers in lattice, of the Corps of Engineers of Haiti (trained in Ecuador), blocked the main entrance of the Ministry of Defence (in Pacot) as a protest. The Prime Minister who should the same day visit the Ministry had to turn back...
These young soldiers protesting against the Government promises never kept and required to be assigned to securing the territory "We were promised to put us on the Haitian-Dominican border in partnership with an Israeli firm. No further action was given to this option. We are trained to serve the country, in any way [...]" explained one of the soldiers https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15914-haiti-flash-official-remobilisation-of-the-armed-forces-of-haiti.html
By early afternoon, several special units of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) have been deployed surrounding the building. A delegation of Senior Officers, including among others the Central Director of the Administrative Police (DCPA), the Director of Departmental West (DDO) went to the scene to talk with the protesters soldiers, which after long hours of negotiation have agreed to suspend their action until next Monday, until a solution is proposed to them. However, they threaten to resume their actions, if the procedures promised by the delegation of the DCPA do not succeed.
In addition to blocking access of the Ministry, no incidents were reported between the military and the Haitian National Police forces.
