Wednesday, 4 days after his arrest in Jacmel https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29399-haiti-flash-belizaire-arrested-in-possession-of-an-arsenal-of-war.html , Commissioner Michel-Ange Louis Jeune, Spokesman of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) in the context of a press conference summary, presented among other handcuffed the former Deputy and former military Arnel Bélizaire militant extremist of the radical opposition as well as the weapons and ammunition seized. Michel-Ange Louis-Jeune confirmed the arrest of the other 7 accomplices, including the brother of Arnel Bélizaire Clermont Bélizaire and Semelus Pierre Kilick, well known of the police.

Bélizaire took advantage front of the media to reject accusations of conspiracy against the State's internal security and claim his status as leader of the opposition and political prisoner of the regime of Jovenel Moïse, who claimed to be the victim of a plot. The spokesman of the PNH denied that Arnel Bélizaire was the subject of political persecution.

While reiterating his willingness to continue the struggle to force President Moïse, Bélizaire said he did not need guns for his political fight "I am fighting for the seizure of power. I do not need weapons to confront the police" while confirming that he only held two firearms during his arrest and that he was planning to recover them once he was cleared and released.

Recall that if he claims not to need weapons in his fight against the overthrow of the President, according to Me Serard Gacius, the Government Commissioner at the Court of First Instance (TPI) of Gonaïves, of individuals under mandate to bring would have received arms and ammunition from the former deputy Arnel Bélizaire during his visit to Gonaïves https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-29416-icihaiti-gonaives-mandates-to-bring-against-a-score-of-activists-of-the-opposition.html

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-29416-icihaiti-gonaives-mandates-to-bring-against-a-score-of-activists-of-the-opposition.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29399-haiti-flash-belizaire-arrested-in-possession-of-an-arsenal-of-war.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29391-haiti-flash-former-deputy-belizaire-escapes-the-police.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29383-haiti-flash-the-former-deputy-arnel-belizaire-accused-of-conspiracy-against-the-security-of-the-state.html

SL/ HaitiLibre