Just as the #earthquake had rattled the ground under the feet of Haitians, the dissolution of the Haitian Parliament at midnight, 00:00 on January 12, 2015, exactly five years later, has shaken to the core Haiti’s republican institutions. Right at the day’s start, the terms expired for all 99 members of the House of Representatives and 10 Senators. With only 10 members left, the Senate lacks a quorum and cannot function. This loss of the legislature, plus the replacement in 2012 of every elected judge, mayor and other local executive by presidentially-appointed “interim executives,” have concentrated all the country’s power in Michel #Martelly, who is now a full-blown #dictator.... The absence of legislators from Haiti did not deter United States Ambassador Pamela White from organizing a meeting at 10 a.m. between Martelly and Haiti’s phantom lawmakers and then trumpeting, in a press release, that they had reached an agreement. - Dady Chery #Haiti #Corruption #Clinton #MichelMartelly #LaurentLamothe #EvansPaul #ONU #MINUSTAH #Ecuador #RafaelCorrea #SeanPenn
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 16:22:06 +0000
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