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Haiti - FLASH : The GTS proposes 12 exceptional measures to the Government to put an end to insecurity
30/04/2022 09:25:09
The Working Group on Security (GTS) created in 2019, made up of security, human rights, private sector, trade union, religious, academic and diaspora experts with the mission of proposing possible solutions that can help to solve the problem of insecurity in Haiti, once again challenges the government authorities faced the worsening criminal insecurity in Port-au-Prince, in particular urban violence in the area of Croix des Missions and Santo, following the territory war between members of the "Chen Mechan" and "400 Marozo" gangs for a week.
Faced with the rise in power of the "400 Marozo" gang and its desire to exercise control over the entire Plaine du Cul-de-Sac, the security situation in the country and in particular in the metropolitan area of West is in danger of becoming even more dramatic. Any control by the men of "400 Marozo" over the neighborhoodsat the northern entrance to the capital would not only constitute a serious threat to the commercial enterprises in the area, the port infrastructures and customs revenue, but also to the only sources of free supply of the inhabitants of Port-au-Prince in foodstuffs, underlines the GTS
In order to bring a definitive solution to these criminal threats and to avoid more particularly that the gangs of Martissant and the "400 Marozo" completely besiege the Capital, the GTS urges the Head of Government to adopt the measures of following exceptions:
Actions proposed by the GTS :
- Declare a state of security emergency for a period of one month throughout the territory;
- Call on residents of areas exposed to clashes between the PNH and gangs to take shelter for the duration of the interventions;
- Establish an "Operational Task Force" of at least 500 police officers, primarily bringing together police officers from the National Police Intervention Group (SWAT), the Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) and Departmental Units Maintenance of Order (UDMO) etc…, having been previously submitted to a Vetting;
- Reinforce controls at the Haitian-Dominican border and deploy the forces of the Office for the Fight against Narcotics Trafficking (BLTS) there as well as in all the ports of the country in order to prevent gangs from resupplying with weapons and ammunition outdoors;
- Strictly control, with the support of the UDMO, interdepartmental travel and transport so as to prevent any attempt at reinforcements from other regions for the benefit of the gangs of the capital;
- Grant the Police the right to search or raid all officially registered vehicles;
- Suspend all immunity regimes for senior civil servants;
- Strengthen the rules of engagement of the PNH so as to prevent civilian elements in the pay of gangs from invading the perimeters of armored vehicles in order to neutralize them and deliver the police officers on board into the hands of these gangs;
- Mobilize substantial operating funds and exceptional risk bonuses to enable police officers engaged head-on in the fight against armed gangs to remain permanently on the spot in order to consolidate the reconquered territories;
- Requisition blood banks and specialized medical personnel to ensure diligent and effective care of police officers injured during anti-gang operations;
- Establish an investigative chamber and a National Prosecutor's Office to prosecute members of armed gangs, as well as all individuals suspected of having supported them;
- Adopt any other derogable right and any other exceptional measure likely to contribute to the effectiveness of the fight against armed gangs.
See also :
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36536-haiti-gang-war-the-pnh-in-the-combat-zone.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36528-haiti-flash-at-least-20-civilians-killed-in-gang-fighting-zones.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36512-haiti-flash-gang-war-the-plaine-du-cul-de-sac-transformed-into-a-battlefield.html
HL/ HaitiLibre
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