The morning did not begin well for me; I am certain
that it did not begin well for millions of Haitians either.
The reason for this is simple: Reading the report on
the meeting held yesterday in Jamaica between Mr. Jean
Bertrand Aristide and Prime Minister of Jamaica, P. J.
Patterson, and other leaders of Caricom, and its result
suggesting a new round of circus activities around today's
Haitian situation.
In Haiti today, no one has any time
to waste and has had enough with the clowning around,
there is only
one very clear issue: Aristide must go. It is imperative
to understand that the people of Haiti no longer
have a drop of patience with stalling tactics, because
they
are starving and no longer have anything to lose. Mr. Aristide already reached the point of no return and must leave power.
It
is absurd that now negotiations are being held through
Caricom, which has no support in the country
(they are dubbed Caribbean Accomplices), and Haitians
are not very forgiving of their support of Aristide
for all these years. The people of Haiti are wary of
Caricom and tend to see its leaders as mercenaries
looking for business. Only Orlando Marville is looked
up to as a truthful man.
The opposition could not reach a concrete agreement
through negotiations with Aristide, although the O.A.S.
(well-known in Haiti as the Organization of Employees
of Aristide) wasted three years trying, and now we
are being asked to try again with the same old methods
to begin a similar stalling process with CARICOM, giving
Aristide the time and latitude to cook up more of his
evil schemes.
Caricom has said that it would implement sanctions
against the country if Aristide does not comply with
the new proposal he committed too. Let's think about
this: First, what type of sanctions can be imposed
by Caricom that would have enough impact to force Dictator
Aristide, to keep his promises. Caricom does not have
any type of important business with Haiti, therefore,
what type of sanctions can be imposed? Unless Caricom
expels Haiti from the Community, which I do not believe
worries Haiti.
Second, since when did Aristide, the tyrant, show
any sign of compliance with the agreements that he
signed for the last fourteen years?
Third,
since when do you negotiate with villains and crooks?
It would be like hoping that in any given moment
the UN would sit down and negotiate with somebody like
Osama Bin Laden, that’s crazy!
The problem in reading such absurd news, such as the
above, gives us goose bumps, because now we are speaking
of a meeting of reconsideration on March the l5th,
and after that I imagine that we will speak of another
meeting for June or July and thus, we will be wasting
time of the Haitian people and gaining time for Aristide
and his group to sink their talons deeper in dilapidating
public funds to buy support through the Kurzbans of
this world.
What makes us sad is that the Haitian people will
continue dying in the streets, whereas the leaders
of the Caribbean are deaf and blind to the imminent
reality of here and now. They continue trying to help
maintain in power a dictatorial regime led by a well-known
drug dealer, terrorist and psychopath.
In doing this, we would have to think that Caricom
has hopes that the government of Aristide could change.
You have to be very naive to think that this type of
change can come about!
CARICOM'S don't rock the boat attitude will inevitably
cause it to hit bottom sooner than expected.
According to psychiatrists after age seven, people
do not change, the personality is already shaped;
according to psychiatry, a psychopath has no conscience,
no sense of guilt, and no remorse.
Therefore, what can we hope when we read news like
the one about the Jamaica meeting, all we expect is
another round of fruitless talks accompanied by fine
wines and sumptuous meals, while the situation is getting
more and more critical and can no longer be delayed.
Today, the news is already out that the demonstrations
have begun, which raises the fear of new deaths, new
injuries causing more anger in Haiti, , and we wonder
how much more suffering and destruction is necessary
to understand that the present regime can't be fixed,
that it is in a terminal phase, and that there is no
space for negotiations of any nature?
The only pending negotiation is When and How Mr. Aristide
leaves power, and Where and When he is going to be
tried.
The
leaders of Caricom are acting like children playing
with dynamite, it’s always fun until somebody
gets hurt.
Miami,
Florida
Sunday, February 01, 2004
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