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Haiti - Reconstruction : What future for the IHRC ? 28/11/2011 14:29:46 According to Laura Graham, an official of the Clinton Foundation, the lack of extension of the mandate of the IHRC raises fears that the donors could moving away from Haiti. "This is the main concern of Mr. Clinton : that the donors do not turn away from Haiti" she emphasized, even if the former President Clinton declared that he would continue to ask to the donors to honor their commitments. The Head of State declared last Friday "on our side, we believe that the IHRC must continue to exist for at least another twelve months, to help us find the money from the hands of friendly countries and continue to consolidate what we need, because they [the friendly countries] consider the IHRC as a serious entity. The IHRC was established because the donor countries felt that it was the best channel to bring money into our hands. So, ourselves, the State, we will continue to ask that. But we can not ask that the IHRC's mandate goes beyond another year, for the simple and good reason that it is time that we strengthen our institutions. [...] Today we need to move fast..." If the President wants to extend, for an ultimate year, the mandate of the IHRC, he must convince the Parliament to give him the majority during the decisive vote, in order to avoid failure with unpredictable consequences, but undoubtedly bad for the country. Taking into account the tense atmosphere between the executive and legislative branches, this vote is far from certain... See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-4127-haiti-ihrc-the-extension-of-the-mandate-of-the-ihrc-under-the-critics.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-3436-haiti-reconstruction-martelly-requests-the-renewal-of-the-ihrc.html S/ HaitiLibre
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