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Haiti - Politic : Remarks of Senator Kely Bastien
06/08/2011 16:22:31

The Senator Kely Bastien (North) member of the G16 has indicated that during the next week should be submitted a document of proposals to make known the position and priorities of the Parliament (Senators and Deputies). This document will cover according to the remarks of the Senator, among other the communal development, of the popular neighborhood, the free education, of the amended Constitution and the social, economic and political claims. The Senator explained :

"...the position of the Group of 16 is not a position that has been expressed in relation to an individual, but against a set of claims that it believes, to this day. Ourselves as Senator, we have to fight over them and we must now participate with the President of the Republic, to give a legal instrument, a political tool needed to sit these positions. In the coming week, we are supposed to sumbit a document that will present our point of view, positioning and priorities [...]

We agreed on a proposal that we will do [...] it is a battle that the parliamentarians had engaged in the 48th [Parliament] and that we will continue it. It is to give the possibility to the communes to make their development, by putting a budget at their disposal. Last year it was 8 million gourds per commune this year, the Senators and Deputies, will demand 50 million gourds by commune, so that they have the means to make their regional and local development and to allow that a minimum of social and basic services, can be accessible to them.

We also want to offer a minimum package of services in poor neighborhoods [...] people need housing, food, health, education, and leisure. [...]

There is a big project in which we all adhere, it is the free school [...] Now we want to see the strategy of the idea until its implementation, to see how we will reach to offering that. We are supposed to give our full cooperation and the resources requested in relation to the strategy that will be defined.

There is another thing that is important [...] the question of the Constitution. The amendment of the Constitution, was arrested for making corrections, well now, we believe that the time is arrived so that the corrections are completed. There are commitments that have been took the Diaspora [...] we must show to the diaspora that we have not forgotten it [...] it is necessary that this Constitution corrected, be published.

There is also a set of problems, social, economic and political demands and we will sit down to make proposals that will be the basis of our discussions with any actors or stakeholders."

S/ HaitiLibre