Haiti - Security : Petit-Goâve under the waters, anger rumbles
The rains that fell from 4 to 5 May 2018 caused floods in different localities of Petit-Goâve including Barrettes and Fort-liberté. Several rivers of Barrettes are in flood and the waters invaded the gardens and the houses of the inhabitants of the zone. The coordinator of the Council of Administration of the Communal Section (CASEC) of the first plain, spent all night to come to the assistance of the victims, who at the same time launched a call for urgent intervention of the central authorities.
The planters and the population of Barrettes announced a new demonstration on the national # 2 in the perspective of compelling officials to begin the cleaning, drainage, gabionage of all the rivers of the first section of Petit-Goâve.
In addition, the construction site of a market at the level of Fort-Liberté (peripheral zone of downtown Petit-Goâve) has caused floods there, this is unheard, said the residents of the area. Accumulated rainwater can not flow due to a lack of canal, flooding residents' homes. They do not know to which Saint to devote themselves and criticize the lack of clairvoyance of the Town hall which did not know how to take preventive measures.
In addition, a woman victim of bad weather in Fort-Liberté, said to have been attacked verbally by the Mayor of Petit-Goâve Limongy Jean, while she claimed the intervention of the municipality "The Mayor tried to hit me at the Rue Lamarre, it is the employees who have prevented it "said the citizen at the microphone of Radio Préférence, not failing to criticize the behavior of the Mayor who is not at its first assault or threats against citizens https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-24042-icihaiti-petit-goave-mayor-limongy-over-the-law.html
In addition, at Fort-Liberté, while Deputy Mayor Delor Desgranges came to assess the damage caused by the rains, several young people in the area try to physically attack him. Delor Desgranges has accused Mayor Limongy of having ordered this attempt of aggression against his person. Remember that between Desgranges and Limongy confrontation situations are almost permanent https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-24006-icihaiti-petit-goave-new-tension-at-the-town-hall.html
