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Haiti - Politics : «My concerns about the future of the country are big» dixit Privert 02/01/2017 07:47:48
In his homily the chief celebrant Mgr. Yves Marie Péan, preached Peace and unity among the Haitians for the good of the country. He took the opportunity to convey his vows of happiness, prosperity and forgiveness to everyone. After the Eucharistic ceremony, the rendezvous has been given on the Place d'Armes of Gonaives where the commemorative celebrations of the 213th Independence Day and New Year's Day were held. In his address to the Nation, Jocelerme Privert, emphasized on the twofold historical significance of the 1 January date, namely the commemoration of the Independence Day and the celebration of the World Day of Peace. In his speech, he saluted the sacrifices made by our ancestors to bequeath this country to us. He preached forgiveness and unity between the daughters and sons of the Fatherland and felt abnormal that for more than two centuries the country has always faced a set of drifts hindering its socio-economic development. Calling everyone for reconciliation, peace and dialogue, Privert believes there is an urgent need for more stability and security in the country to find ways and means to resolve internal conflicts while proposing lasting responses to the problems faced by Haiti. Excerpt from Privert's speech : "[...] Haitian people, [...] Haiti has a historic place in the shared struggle for independence in the Western Hemisphere [...] in spite of the accidents of our history which brought us humiliations [...] the date of 1st January carries for us a particular density of emotions and feelings, through the asperities of the path traveled [...] January 1st find us each year to this pilgrimage to the heart of the spirit in the authentic time of Gonaives the pole of all the patriotic convergences where the ancestors for obvious reasons have chosen to lay the foundation stone of the national edifice [...] For 213 years our country has faced a series of challenges and conflicts which should no longer frighten the descendants [...] of 1804. We are still unable to feed our people, educate our children, provide care health care to our compatriots and to rebuild the infrastructure necessary for the economic development of our country. The night would be long and the day too short for a complete declination of our needs, we have already tried a wide range of forms of government and yet we have tumbled over the decades of the status of Pearl of the Antilles to the shameful label of the poorest country of the Americas. [...] Today I do not intend to give lessons to anyone, on how is the country, we are all responsible, we are obliged to agree, to do our mea culpa so that we move forward . We are all Haitian, we must accept with humility that every Haitian has his contribution to bring for the search for the solution. [...] we must create a better tomorrow for all our children [...] When I got out of prison, I realized that the best way for this country to move forward is to learn how to forgive, to sit with one another [...] today I ask the Haitian people to sit together. Let us analyze, agree on what is good for the country, because 2017 is the year when the country has to take a leadership. [...] For the crisis to end, for the instability to end, we have to be tolerant, we have the ability to listen to the other, to sit together, we can have different positions, but we can find good solutions for the country. [...] I know that it is difficult to forgive but we must remember that without forgiveness there would not have been the Archaie Congress leading to the proclamation of independence. [...] Today we are in a delicate situation, the Fathers of the Nation looks at us, they reproach us, they rebuke us because today, after 213 years of independence we have foreign soldiers on our territory, because the conflicts have reached us and we can not sit together to manage them. This year let's making an effort to put ourselves together to finish once and for all with the presence of foreign soldiers on our territory [...] On the eve of handing over power to an elected President my concerns about the future of the country are big out I know that coming out of the tunnel of poverty and instability is within the reach of citizens who cultivate in the highest degree the love of the common and immortal homeland." Listen the full speech of de facto President Privert : HL/ HaitiLibre
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