23374: Esser: URGE Congress to STAND up for The Haiti Resolution not the 'HERO' ACT (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: D. Esser <torx@joimail.com>

We urge all pro-democracy Haitians and activists to strongly denounce
the HERO ACT and all attempts to recognize or fund a government in
Haiti that came to power by killing Haitian policemen and civilians
and because of unethical and unprincipled foreign "affirmative
action" and colonial patronage.

Oppose this misguided push to get the HERO ACT's passage before the
elections. Write, call, fax your congressional representative to
denounce the HERO ACT in all its formats. Especiall call, write, fax:

1. Congressman Bill Thomas (R-CA)
2. Congressman Philip Crane (R-IL)
3. Congressman E. Clay Shaw (R-FL)


*    Congressman William M. Thomas, CA

      2208 Rayburn House Office Building
      Washington, DC 20515

      Ph. 202-225-2915
      Fx. 202-225-8798
      Email Link: http://billthomas.house.gov/contact.asp


*    Congressman Philip M. Crane, IL
      Washington, D.C.

      233 Cannon House Office Building
      Washington, D.C. 20515
      Ph. (202) 225-3711


*   Congressman E. Clay Shaw Jr. , FL
      WASHINGTON, DC OFFICE
      2408 Rayburn House Office Building
      Washington, DC 20515

      Phone: 202-225-3026
      FAX: 202-225-8398

      Post Office Box 2188
      Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33303-2188

      Phone (561) 417-2529 - Fax: (561) 417-7429
      Campaign Email : info@clayshaw.com


Haiti's economy cannot be jumstarted when its people are under brutal
political and human rights oppressions. Ask your congressional rep to
first support the Haitian-American call for:

1. The return of Constitutional rule to Haiti by restoring all
elected officials of all parties to their offices throughout the
country until the end of their mandates and another election is held,
as mandated by Haiti's Constitution;

2. Condemn the killings, illegal imprisonment and confiscation of the
property of supporters of Haiti's Constitutional government, and
insist that Haiti's Illegitimate "interim government" immediately
cease its own persecution and put a stop to persecution by the thugs
and murderers from the paramilitary gangs;

3. Insist on the immediate release of all political prisoners in
Haitian jails, including Prime Minister Yvon Neptune, other
Constitutional government officials and folksinger/activist So Ann;

4. Insist on the disarmament of the thugs, death squad leaders, and
convicted human rights violators, and their prosecution for all
crimes committed during the attack on Haiti's elected government;
and, help rebuild Haiti's police force, ensuring that it excludes
anyone who helped to overthrow the democratically elected government
or who participated in other human rights violations;

5. Stop the indefinite detention and automatic repatriation of
Haitian refugees and immediately grant Temporary Protected Status to
all Haitian refugees presently in the United States until democracy
is restored to Haiti; and

6. Support the calls by the OAS, CARICOM and the Africa Union for an
investigation into the circumstances of President Aristide's removal;
and, enact Congresswoman Barbara Lee's T.R.U.T.H Act (HR 3919) which
calls for the investigation of the forcible removal of the
democratically elected President of Haiti.

Marguerite Laurent, Esq.
Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network
(Dedicated to protecting the civil, human and cultural rights of
Haitians living at home and abroad)
Oct. 7, 2004

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A possible sample letter denouncing any legislation to send monies or
support to the Latortue regime would be:

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To ___________________

U.S. House of Representatives

Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.


Dear Sir/Madam,


As a concerned American voter, I want to remind you that America used
to stand for the principles of the rule of law, civility and
democracy. On February 29, 2004, the Bush Administration helped to
undermine these principle by overthrowing the Constitutionally
elected government of Haiti.

Your efforts to now pass legislation providing access for Haitian
textiles into the US market only adds to legitimize this illegal
action and dangerous policy of regime change. Haitians do not need
the passage of either a House or Senate version of the Haiti Economic
Recovery and Opportunity (HERO) bill (S-2261) or said misguided
legislation to support an imposed government on Haiti in any form.

What Haiti needs to jumpstarts its economy is return to
Constitutional rule, which you may support by not supporting or
legitimizing the Latortue regime's rule with passage of the HERO ACT.

Haiti needed U.S. support when it had a Constitutional government.
Today Haiti needs a stop to the killings and systematic and arbitrary
jailing of innocent Haitian civilians. No monies sent to Haiti's
current illegitimate government is well spent U.S tax dollars
whatsoever.

The hard working, pro-democracy Haitian American communities in New
York, Miami, Chicago, Florida and throughout the Diaspora are simply
asking for a return to the rule of law, not installation of more
Apaid and Boulos sweatshops in Haiti!!!! 200 years of this is quite
ENOUGH for Haitian-Americans who, before the U.S.-backed Coup d'etat,
were sending more money to Haiti than the United States government -
almost a billion a year.

Perhaps the people of Haiti, in the hurricane affected areas, perhaps
the Haitian-Americans whose families perished in the floods in Haiti,
could have survived the heavy rains of Storm Jeanne, if Haiti's
government and civil preparedness agencies had not been gutted by the
U.S.-backed Coup d'etat regime and replaced with mercenaries, former
military or left un-manned.

The HERO ACT only encourages and letigimizes the grief and
exploitation of the impoverished Haitian masses, especially as the
United States didn't see its significance or the reason for its
passage until AFTER the overthrow of Haiti's Constitutional
government.

The entire HERO ACT idea needs to be scrapped. Instead, the U.S.
Congress may begin to redeem itself and put into application some of
the United States's founding and Constitutional principles by
supporting the Haiti Resolution noted below.

For, Haitians want nothing more than to be allowed to be self-reliant
and for the U.S. to stop being a corrupting influence in Haiti,
hiring mercenaries such as Guy Phillipe and propping-up buffoons like
the (rotund ninja turtle sadist) LaTortue as "PRIME" minister, who
hasn't lived in Haiti since 1964 and represents no one except the
morally repugnant, very ROTUND, economic Haitian elites and their
bloody "freedom fighters" (now robbing food aid and bottled water
from storm Jeanne victims in Gonaives.)


Sincerely,