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Haiti - Social : Reactions of Senator Steven Benoît on the pardon of detainees
31/12/2011 07:12:29

Haiti - Social : Reactions of Senator Steven Benoît on the pardon of detainees
If the concerns of Senator Steven Benoît, President of the Commission of Human Rights in the Senate of the Republic, are legitimate concerning the presidential pardon of some prisoners on December 31, it is difficult to understand, that he falsely claims that will be release 200 prisoners. Statement all the more surprising, that he said he has discussed with the Prime Minister and Minister of Justice. If this were the case, Me Michel Pierre Brunache, the Minister of Justice, would certainly not fail to remind him his public statement this week where he said very clearly that from "a preselected list of nearly 200 detainees, but it will belong to the President of the Republic to decide if it's only 10 or 20 who will get through this... [...] the number of prisoners to pardon is left to the discretion of the President." steven Benoît. The statements of Senator Benoît can only contribute to create confusion in the minds of citizens who are already struggling to be properly informed and may cause unpredictable reactions in the population.

The Senator Steven Benoît declared "...When I heard the news I was a little worried [...] we will release 200 persons, this may be a good thing, but I would not like that in the rush [...] errors creep into the list and that the President itself, animated by good intentions, as he has no time and that it must do it before December 31 [...] than 10 known criminals or 10 killers or 10 assassins goes in the list [...] notorious criminals deserve to spend their entire lives behind bars [...] when I heard the news I have took care to call the Prime Minister and I also took care to converse with the Minister Brunache, I explained to him that I understood the gesture of President [...] I told him, be careful we should not go too fast because there is a network of human rights, I am the President of the Human Rights Commission in the Senate [...] steven benoit
there is an ombudsman [...] It is important that the list is filtered by these bodies [...] to be sure that there have no error made in the list of President [...] we commend the President for the initiative, but we say, that we must do the things properly, it is better to to release the persons on January 4-5 and take the necessary time to study 200 cases, when they were sentenced, why they have been convicted, is the society has no problem with people who are on the list ? In this case, I say Bravo to the President let's do it. But myself, as head of the Commission on Human Rights in the Senate, I have an obligation to my colleagues and to the Haitian people, and victims, to ensure that justice is done [...] it is not an attack against the President or the Minister of Justice, far from it [...] I just want to make sure that this decision is a conscious decision and there is no error in the decision..."


See also :
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-4591-haiti-social-some-detainees-should-benefit-from-the-presidential-pardon.html

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