Arnel Rémy, who signed the civil society consensus to find a way out of the country’s situation, denounced that despite the passage of a month, Henry has not commented on the proposals of the Montana Agreement Monitoring Office, according to the newspaper Le National.
According to the lawyer, they have not yet managed to establish an open dialogue and agreements involving all actors in society, as Henry promised when he took power in July 2021 after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
“In our discussions with Ariel Henry, we suggested that he suspend the appointment of judges at the Court of Cassation, we also asked him to stop organizing the elections that he had proposed in his action plan,” Rémy assured.
These two forces have had to meet since the end of May, after several meetings to agree on the negotiation strategies, however, it has not yet happened, although the country is increasingly engulfed in violence by the crackdown of armed gangs ., and the main institutions like that Parliament or the judiciary are in crisis.
Montana needs a transition of at least two years to strengthen institutions, establish a climate of peace and stability in the country, and then hold elections.
For his part, Henry advocates elections in the medium term to legitimize leaders, but plans falter as the gangs restrict circulation and control larger areas of the country.
Speaking last week to the United Nations Security Council, the representative of the world body in Haiti, Helen La Lime, acknowledged the poor results in creating a common vision among national actors and conceded that the possibility of an electoral process this year is unlikely.
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