Rockefeller Vincent, the new Minister of Justice and Public Security https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-31253-haiti-justice-the-new-minister-had-been-dismissed-in-2017-for-unproductive.html , learned with dismay, on the one hand, the fire of the Laboule 12 police station, in the commune of Pétion-ville, in the afternoon of Monday July 13, 2020. This situation of sharp tensions was the expression of the anger of the population of the area against the unprofessional act of a Police officer who shot at close range on a taxi-motorbike driver who did not want to present his papers https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-31281-haiti-news-zapping.html

The Minister vehemently condemns the behavior of the police officer and deplores the reaction of the local population having resulted in tragedies which transgress the prescribed human rights and the rule of law for which the Haitian people fighted a lot.

On the other hand, a series of partial fires were reported to the Minister's office, particularly that of the entrance to the Town Hall of Desdunes, on the night of July 12 to 13, 2020 and of the Town Hall of Cap-Haitien and of garage of the Ministry of Public Works, the same Monday July 13 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-31281-haiti-news-zapping.html

"The time for private vengeance and barbarity is over. The fire cannot be a mode of expression of political opinion and claims of rights," declared the Minister Vincent who informs having informed the National Police of Haiti and the Prosecutor's offices near the Courts of First Instance of Port-au-Prince, Gonaïves and Cap-Haitien to take appropriate measures without delay so that light and justice are done, each as far as he is concerned, in accordance with the law.

Also remember for the Minister also the fire of the Town Hall of Petit-Goâve https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-31246-haiti-flash-fire-at-the-town-hall-of-petit-goave.html and the attempted fire of the Town Hall of Grand-Goâve, on July 13, whose Mayor Maxo Pinchinat points the finger at members of the opposition.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-31281-haiti-news-zapping.htmlhttps://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-31253-haiti-justice-the-new-minister-had-been-dismissed-in-2017-for-unproductive.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-31246-haiti-flash-fire-at-the-town-hall-of-petit-goave.html

HL/ HaitiLibre