Haiti - Security : Message of sympathy from Quisqueya University
Quisqueya University has learned with "very strong emotion and immense sadness" the murder of Me Ramus Sainvil, shot dead on May 30, 2019, at the wheel of his vehicle in the locality of Nerette, commune of Pétion-ville, by armed individuals on motorbikes, who fled once their crime was perpetrated https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27872-haiti-news-zapping.html
Quisqueya University recalls that Sainvil, former Colonel of the Armed Forces of Haiti (FAd'H), spoke on May 17 at the Quisqueya University "Governance and Security" Retreat, stressing that security is one of the strong missions of the State which, according to the amended Haitian Constitution of 1987, has the imperative obligation to guarantee the right to life, health, respect for the human person, to all citizens without distinction in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
"Quisqueya's academic community expresses its pain, its indignation and protests with the greatest energy against the violence that is taking hold the society every day and which is dragging it into the spiral of death. It protests against the impunity that allows criminals and aggressors of all kinds to commit the worst crimes and appeals to the highest authorities for strong measures to be taken as soon as possible in order to put an end to insecurity that falls on the country.
It asks the authorities in charge of public security to take their responsibilities, to open a thorough investigation to know the circumstances in which Me Ramus Sainvil was assassinated and shed light on the motives of this heinous act.
The Quisqueya University and its Rector present to the family of Me Sainvil struck today by the misfortune, as well as his colleagues, their most sincere condolences and assure them of their deep sympathy."
