a1118: Re: a1114: The Big Question (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: P Louissaint <totalcapital@email.com>

Dear Julie Hoover:

This is great that you can see positive sides of Aristide's government. I am sure he has done positive things in his second term. However, I would not quote Michelle Karshan who is a paid employee of the Lavalas propaganda machine. I have nothing against Michelle Karshan and I respect her right to work as a professional writer.

On the other side, I would find very stange that most of those who were fighting with Aristide for a better Haiti are now part of the opposition. On the other hand, many known makoutes have found their way to power in the new Fanmi Lavalas. I think that once again, the people has lost his man. In my naive eyes, Aristide has now been corrupted by politics and is not different from the others.
I would have been less critical of Aristide's government if there were positive results. He can not and should not blame his failure on the international community. Haiti is a country and properly collected taxes could be used to make visible changes in the country.

Instead, Aristide and his new makoute team is just doing like previous governments: getting richer and richer while paying lip service to the community.

I have a big question as well: Where did Aristide, a priest, get money to build his private house in Tabarre or everything else he owns ? Aristide has used his private foundation for personal enrichment. Now, he is using public finances like his own pocket money. Just visit the site http://aristidefoundation.haiti.org/ and you will see the website of the Aristide Foundation hosted by the Haitian Embassy website. Why do you have a problem when Clinton or Bush use Air Force One for private purpose ? One should not be blind...
 "Hoover, Julie H." <Hoover@pbworld.com> wrote:
 For me, the "good" is that Aristide, Yvon Nepture, and at least a few
> other
> people in this government are totally motivated by a deep desire to
> improve the
> lives of the Haitian people.  They want Haitians to be better educated,
> unlike
> the Duvaliers, who viewed an educated populace as a threat.  They seek to
> expedite land reform to improve the lives of those in rural areas.  And so
> on.
>
>
> Admittedly, they have not been very successful to date due to a wide
> variety of
> reasons--some perhaps their fault, many not--but at least they are trying.
> A
> few months ago, Michelle Karshan distributed a list of Aristide government
> accomplishments.  Several seemed not too significant while others might be
> exaggerated but this administration has programs and is struggling to move
> in
> the right direction.  Can anyone imagine the Duvaliers or Cedras having a
> list
> of such progressive programs?  People keep mentioning that the Convergence
> does
> not even have a platform...
>
>
>
>

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