Nearly 7 months after its creation everything suggests, despite some confusion in the information, that the G8 no longer exists, it is at least what reveals an act of dissolution that would have "leaked" on the internet, and the converging position in particular of Moïse Jean-Charles and Sauveur Pierre Etienne. The reason given is that of a mission accomplished namely, the departure of President Martelly, the installation of a transitional government and a verification commission of the election results of 25 October 2015, which according to members of the Group offers a high probability of a second round of presidential elections with two members of the G-8 [without Jovenel Moïse...]

However, more than one political observer is skeptical about the real reasons that led to the dissolution of the G-8, that for them, resulting more of disagreements and divergent political interests.

This act of dissolution which would not have had to be on the web, is signed by several members of the G8 including Sauveur Pierre Étienne (OPL), Jean Charles Moïse (Pitit Dessalin), Jude Célestin, (LAPEH) Jean-Henry Céant (Renmen Ayiti). Additionally in introduction the list of paragraphs, this document includes 3 items :

"Article 1: The group of presidential candidates engaged in the electoral process leading to the installation of the newly elected president February 7, 2016, commonly known as the Group of 8 (G8), is, from the date of this letter dissolved.

Article 2: Former members of the G8 remains committed to the terms of confidentialities marking their relationships, their deliberations and their operation both in their internal relations and in those with national and international partners.

Article 3: The provisions of Article 2 are also a non-aggression pact for all G8 members as part of the upcoming elections."

Sauveur Etienne, Coordinator of the "Organization of People in Struggle" (OPL) accuses President Privert to be responsible for the leak of documents of the G8 on the internet, saying Privert realized what President Martelly had failed to do: infiltrate the G8 for this document on which not yet included all signatures of G8 members are found in the press and on social networks. He criticized President a.i. Privert that would have sown division in the group, promising to members that they will go to the second round of the presidential election.

Sunday, Moïse Jean-Charles confirmed on his Facebook page that the G-8 was dissolved, although Eric Jean-Baptiste of MAS says otherwise, without being able say whether the G8 discussed its dissolution, hiding behind the Group's rules on confidentiality.

Sauveur Pierre Etienne, says the issue has indeed been discussed within the group, the objectives having been achieved, noting that the G8 has never been an alliance or a coalition but simply a group of eight candidates opposed to the idea that the PHTK monopolizes power in the first round of the presidential election.

While waiting to learn more at a G8 press conference...

HL/ HaitiLibre