a1204: Is He Haitian or Haitian-American (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Senou <senou@yahoo.com>

Folks, this is a very sensitive issue, before making
any allegation, we should wait for the conclusion of
the investigation.  Now, we should ask Mr. Neptune to
come forward and remove this doubt. The Constitution
is crystal clear, some had said why they did not catch
him prior running for the first time, may be people
were not interested.

ARTICLE 157:
To be appointed Prime Minister, a person must:
1) Be a native-born Haitian, and never have renounced
Haitian nationality;
2) Have attained thirty (30) years of age;
3) Enjoy civil and political rights and never have
been sentenced to death, personal restraint or penal
servitude or the loss of civil rights;
4) Own real property in Haïti and practice a
profession there;
5) Have resided in the country for five (5)
consecutive years;
6) Have been relieved of his responsibilities if he
has been handling public funds

--- Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu> wrote:
>
> From: P Louissaint <totalcapital@email.com>
>
> I understand that all list members, including me are
> irritated by the fact that most messages lately have
> been about Yvon Neptune's citizenship, past or
> present.
>
> This is absolutely normal and this is an IMPORTANT
> question. I agree that the Constituion may have
> closed the doors to valuable Haitians who want to
> serve their country but who had to become American
> or Canadian. I agree that this question must be
> raised and an amendment of that article considered.
> As a matter of fact, the Constitution itself
> provides means to make amendments.
>
> As christians, we have the Bible to refer to when we
> have to make decisions in ourlives. As a Nation, the
> equivalent is the Constitution. Until it is amended,
> we should see it in BLACK and WHITE, no room for
> considerations, NO ROOM FOR MOUNPA (MOUNPA = BUDDY)-
> This is exactly why we have Constitutions.
>
> Of course traditional Haitian thinkers and
> politicians are of the OPPORTUNNISTIC type and they
> will say or write:"AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME AND
> BECAUSE OF NEPTUNE'S OPPONENTS SLOWNESS...", they
> want to put us in front of the "FAIT ACCOMPLI".
>
> I live in the US, have no political ambitions, am
> not an "opponent" of Neptune. As a matter of fact
> NEPTUNE HAS LIED WHEN HE APPLIED TO RUN FOR SENATOR
> BY ANSWERING "NO" TO THE QUESTION "HAVE YOU EVER
> GIVEN UP YOUR HAITIAN NATIONALITY" - In a decent
> democracy, he should just have resigned on his own.
>
> By the way, I have noted tha HYPOLITE PIERRE who
> seems to be well informed has admitted that "AT SOME
> POINT NEPTUNE WAS A US CITIZEN"
> Once again, this is very sad for Haiti to go down
> that path "EXCEPTIONS".
>
> Paul
> --
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