13155: Dunois Cantave: The Renewed KONAKOM understanding of the OAS 822 resolution (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: "[iso-8859-1] Dunois Erick Cantave" <dunoiscantave@yahoo.fr>

>
> "The Renewed Konakom understanding of the OAS 822 Resolution.
>
> The 14 points of the OAS 822 Resolution can
> be read differently and have been by several groups in
> the nation.
>
> For us it is a bureaucratic and diplomatic resolution
> since it used as references some documents and
> prudently followed some known political and diplomatic
> rules.
>
> It is also a reaffirmation of the international
> community standing with respect to the nations on this
> hemisphere, particularly Haiti. It reused the other
> nations solidarity toward the Haitian people and
> wished the economy of Haiti would reach stability and
> removed its existing technical, financial, ethical and
> political constraints. It also recalls the recent
> Organisation of American States “Democratic Charter”. The latter
> establish the rules of engagement among nations as
> well as among people of the same nation and between
> the people and the government. All of this at the eve
> of inauguration of the American Nations Union Trade planned
> for 2005.
>
> It also makes repetitions of several points
> found in previous resolutions. It remains an obstacle
> for the current government by insisting on human
> right, free speech, weapon’s removal from gangs,
> bringing to justice the people accused of leading the
> December 17th 2001 riots, due process against the
> people accused of other political crimes such as the
> killings of Jean Dominique, Jean Claude Louissaint and
> Brignol Lindor. An exhaustive list of demands that
> will be next to impossible for the current government
> to achieve due to its nature, its members, its
> entangled administration and its obscure ways of
> staying in power.
>
> This resolution also reveals the limited power of this
> Organisation of American States (OAS) to have all the members follow
> its ruling.
>
> This resolution identifies again the character of this
> crisis as being limited to Haiti and will need to be
> resolved by the Haitian nation. Although the effects
> of this crisis are not bounded to the Haitian
> territory, the international community seems to
> position itself as a supporter of any Haitian
> politicians and Haitian sectors in their search for a solution while
keeping
> all of its options opened.
>
> It has some positive points since it announced several
> key initiatives that will have to be taken into
> account by any government responsible for free
> democratic election in Haiti. Among them is the
> formation of a credible independent temporary
> electoral council (CEP, Conseil Electoral Provisoire).
> It also restates in its introduction that the source
> of this political crisis is the organization of the
> May 20th 2000 elections spoiled by severe
> irregularities. Without a safe and stable political
> climate and with the presence of police brutality
> while carrying the orders of the Lavalas regime, it is
> difficult for the Haitian people to believe they will
> participate in any free democratic election with the
> current government who organized three fraudulent ones
> in the past.
>
> Port-au-Prince, September 4th 2002
>
> Dunois Erick Cantave, MD
> General Secretary
>
>

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