MUST READ: False charges dismissed against President Aristide Haiti Action dismisses charges against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide chanjemleson.wordpress UPDATED 24/08/14 On August 12th, the Haitian government through magistrate Lamarre Belizaire issued a summons to President Aristide requesting his appearance at court. According to Aristide’s lawyer, Mario Joseph, the summons was never received and therefore Aristide did not attend the court. Joseph himself only managed to attend the court after hearing about the summons on the radio, however the judge who issued the summons was not present. Despite the judge’s absence, an arrest warrant was issued to President Aristide showing clearly that this latest summons and arrest was planned in advance otherwise why would the judge be absent but still manage to issue an arrest warrant? This last point is important because he is not the original judge assigned to the case. The original judge had done nothing because there was nothing to pursue. However Belizaire took over the case without it being handed over to him and then proceeded with the summons and later the arrest warrant. The charges against the former president which center around corruption, money laundering and drug related, are part of an on going politically motivated harassment against him. To put into context this latest summons and arrest warrant which is far more threatening that the previous one in May 2013, US journalist Kevin Pina spoke with Pierre Labossiere of the Haiti Action Committee and an updated interview with Pierre on Thursday 14th August [35.36] August 21st interview with Attorney for Aristide, Ira Kurzban Labossiere explains the motive behind this latest threat to discredit President Aristide as a continuation of the 2004 coup d’tat against President Aristide. Unsupported accusations are thrown around but they never can present any evidence. What this does then is to cloud the situation, it demonizes him and is good for headlines... Read more Below.. chanjemleson.wordpress/2014/08/24/haiti-action-dismisses-charges-against-president-aristide/ via CHAL – avec Association des Journalistes Haitien Freelance Tête Ensemble via Association des journalistes Haitien freelance tête ensemble https://facebook/pages/Association-des-journalistes-Haitien-freelance-t%C3%AAte-ensemble/1410685195861102?fref=ts Camp Acra et Adoquin CHAL coalition pour humaniser les actions aux logements https://facebook/pages/CHAL-coalition-pour-humaniser-les-actions-aux-logements/1399290560328807?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser Fanmi Lavalas Organisation Politique Fanmi Lavalas Kodinasyon Depatmantal Lwes Fanmi Lavalas. Aristide Foundation for Democracy
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 23:43:49 +0000