Friday at the National Palace, the de facto President Jocelerme Privert, accompanied by François Anick Joseph, Minister of Interior and Territorial Communities met with representatives of the new communes created by the decree of 22 July 2015, namely the communes of : Liancourt (1st communal section of Liancourt, in the commune of Verettes), Lapointe (2nd communal section of Lapointe,in the commune of Port-de-Paix), Baptiste (Quartier Baptiste of the 1st communal section Renthe-Mathé, in the commune of Belladère), of Arcadins (in the borough of Saint-Marc) and of Mafranc (in the commune of Jérémie), in order to talk about the regularization of these communes.

During the discussions, the participants agreed to create a Commission with as a roadmap :

• The identification of sources of income for the operation of these communes ;

• The initiation of steps to set up an administrative apparatus and services, able to meet the needs of citizens ;

• The identification of human resources available in these communes ;

• The effective territorial delimitation of comunes ;

• The preparation of comunes for the electoral operations.

Privert believes that it is necessary to strengthen local authorities in Haiti,especially communes that hitherto have not been able to benefit structures to facilitate their development.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-14858-haiti-politic-5-new-communes-in-haiti.html

HL/ HaitiLibre