Haiti - Demonstrations : Message from the Director General of the PNH
In a message addressed to the police forces involved in the maintenance of order, during the demonstrations of Thursday, February 7, 2019, Michel-Ange Gédéon, the Director General of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) "[...] congratulates the police officers for their mastery, their know-how and their professionalism during the demonstrations of February 7, 2019. Several officers were victims of malicious individuals who, having infiltrated the demonstration, wanted to create panic and chaos by throwing stones and firing for no apparent reason. The police officers were able to show restraint and weighting particularly in Mirebalais where the PNH had 9 wounded in its ranks without making a victim. The High Command is proud of their behavior and encourages them to control their emotions so they do not give in to provocation.
The General Directorate of the PNH, presents its sympathies to the police victims, to the members of their families and is very sensitive to the various testimonies of esteem and friendship that it shares with all the members of the institution in the circumstance [...]"
