Faced with Haiti's crisis, the committed singer, icon of Haitian music Beethova Obas, appointed in 2006 Ambassador of Peace by the Organization of American States (OAS), in an open letter addressed to the Government, Beethova expresses his suffering, questions the leaders, but remains optimistic...

Open Letter from Beethova Obas :

"Gentlemen,

Since a few days I suffer from insomnia...

I am following relentlessly the descent into the underworld of my country adrift, caused by manipulators and lack of leaders.

I suffer to see how my people, like me, are helpless in the face of injustice. Our nation has become a flock of ewes delivered to the mercy of hungry wolves.

I suffer in the soul because the shepherds bring the wolves into the sheepfold with impunity.

I suffer as an author, sorry that my pen is a magic wand and that he can not, with a gesture, change the future of my nation. However, I remain optimistic because, if every patriotic citizen, honest and capable around the table to form a single block, we will manage to turn the tide and finally achieve what today seems impossible.

And you, current leaders of my country, are you able of that ?

Will you agree not to use the State apparatus to protect the guilty ?

Will you agree to deliver the accomplices to justice ?

A real justice ?

All life in this world is facing death, an inevitable encounter... In Haiti, living and standing is an obstacle. We need a spine and that requires a sense of honesty and dignity.

Give justice to my people ! He has squirted enough in misery and he will remain there alas still a long time ! So of grace, do not take away his dignity, it is all that remains to him and that others covet."

Beethova Obas

Ambassador of peace

February 22, 2019

HL/ HaitiLibre