19056: Pierre Jean: Re: 19006: Dorce: Re: 18944: Kathleen: Re: 18927: Simidor: Credibility anyone? (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Pierre Jean <pierrejean2004@yahoo.com>

Dorce writes:

> ... Maybe they should try working WITH the
> government instead of trying to
> destroy it.

Ms. Dorce,

When a Haitian engineer:

- whose studies abroad were paid by the Haitian
government goes back to his country,
- gets a job working for a major Ministry in the
government
- tries to eliminate corruption methods that he though
were detrimental to the development of the country but
is stymied at every attempt
- attempts to warn his superiors that the management
of the Ministry is not up to par because of bad
practices
- gets ignored by the Directeur Général of the
Ministry and is not given the time of day by the
Minister himself
- manages to get an appointment with the Chef de
Cabinet of the Prime Minister, who tells him that he
should not make waves
- still resolute in his whistleblowing campaign,
decides to see the President directly and gets an
appointment with the latter
- spends a very short 5 minutes with the President
because the latter claimed that he did not have the
authority to act on such complaints and that it would
be better to visit the former President at Tabarre
- then manages to get an appointment with the former
President at his Tabarre residence
- when he gets to the appointment, spends 30 charming
minutes with the former President and explains to him
the situation
- then the former President tells him verbatim "you
should not get worked up over this. We cannot change
the country overnight, and some things should be left
untouched. Focus on your job, and ignore the stuff
that bothers you. Eventually it will work itself out.
And if you feel that you need to join the others in
the activity, just do it wisely. Se en Ayiti nap viv,
degaje pa peche."
- Still stunned from the tepid response, he
investigates some more and finds out that the
corruption he uncovered is actually a means to finance
the political activities of the same former President
by siphoning off a percentage of funds allocated for
public works.
- AND THEN REALIZES THAT MOST PEOPLE HE SPOKE TO WERE
IN OR KNEW OF THE SCAM AND DID NOT WANT THINGS TO
CHANGE

What would you advise this person to do? And what do
you think of the disposition of the government
officials he met to combat corruption and try to
establish a rule of law?

The year: 1997
The President: Rene Preval
The former President: Jean-Bertrand Aristide

'Nuff said.

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