Following the refusal of Michel-Ange Gédéon, the Director General of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) to unveil to the members of the Commission, February 26, https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27064-haiti-politic-in-the-senate-michel-ange-gedeon-refuses-to-say-what-he-knows-about-the-commando.html sensitive information that he held, not to interfere in the ongoing investigation, on 7 of foreigners (including 5 US) heavily armed, arrested February 17 in Port-au-Prince https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26963-haiti-flash-a-mysterious-commando-of-heavily-armed-foreigners-arrested-in-port-au-prince.html then released and transferred to the United States 72 hours later https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26991-haiti-flash-the-7-foreign-oof-commandos-have-left-haiti-without-handcuffs-for-the-usa.html , Tuesday, March 12, the Senate has again received members of the Superior Council of the National Police (CSPN) for try to get clarification on this case and the judicial decisions that led to their releases and transfers to the USA.

Once again, Prime Minister Céant, Minister of Justice Jean Roudy Aly, Minister of the Interior Raynaldo Brunet (in the absence of Michel-Ange Gédéon and of Government Commissioner Paul Eronce Villard) gave explanations in the Senate during a closed session requested by the Prime Minister, far from the cameras and microphones of the journalists. An behind doors session, which was finally granted by the Senate Speaker after several hours of intense heated debate, between supporters of public debate and those behind doors...

At the end of the session which lasted nearly 1h30mn, 9 Senators expressed dissatisfaction with the explanations, given, in particular, the lack of precision of the answers of the Minister of Justice, on the basis of his decision to release and authorize the transfer of foreigners to the United States, which has not convinced them. Also, they decided to sign an interpellation act of the Prime Minister, the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior and Territorial Communities, an act that was read in the gallery by the Senate Speaker, the Senator Carl Murat Cantave

No date has been set for this interpellation, Senator Cantave said he would send a letter to the Prime Minister to inform him of this decision.

List of signatory Senators :

Youri Latortue (AAA)

Jean-Marie Salomon Junior (OPL)

Jacques Sauveur Jean (PHTK)

Nènel Cassy (LAVALAS)

Ricard Pierre (Pitit Dessalin)

Antonio Cheramy (VERITE)

Évalière Beauplan (PONT)

Larêche Ronald (VERITE)

Sénatus Jean Renel (Ligue Dessalinienne)

To be followed...

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27064-haiti-politic-in-the-senate-michel-ange-gedeon-refuses-to-say-what-he-knows-about-the-commando.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27045-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27027-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27026-haiti-diplomacy-the-ambassador-of-the-united-states-supports-president-moise.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27020-haiti-flash-pm-demands-explanations-from-minister-aly-on-the-transfer-to-usa-of-7-foreigners.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27011-haiti-flash-the-haitian-arrested-with-the-armed-commando-would-not-be-part-of-the-group.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27009-haiti-flash-back-in-the-united-states-the-members-of-the-commandos-are-free.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27001-haiti-flash-not-a-transfer-but-an-extraction-of-the-members-of-commando.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26991-haiti-flash-the-7-foreign-oof-commandos-have-left-haiti-without-handcuffs-for-the-usa.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26981-haiti-flash-mess-at-the-palace-around-the-commandos-of-foreigners-arrested-at-pap.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26972-haiti-flash-the-mystery-remains-around-the-mission-of-the-commando-of-foreigners-arrested-to-pap.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26963-haiti-flash-a-mysterious-commando-of-heavily-armed-foreigners-arrested-in-port-au-prince.html

SL/ HaitiLibre