Response to Ricardo Seintefus.
By Luckner Bayas
Boukan News, 10/08/2023 – Your piece is very troubling indeed as you seem to be unable to understand the root causes of such a major tragedy. The Haitian people did clearly demonstrate their ability to handle their own business without foreign assistance. A little while ago in two short months, they organized an operation called BWA KALE and managed to put the gangs on the defensive, even on the retreating side. But they were stalled, their movement was reduced by Ariel Henry’s puppet government, which was most likely instructed by the international community to crush it.
Subsequent to the repression of this movement by the de facto government, we sadly saw a sharp resurgence of the gangs’ activities along with an even more laxed attitude from the same government (a dereliction of duty to protect the population), leading to indiscriminate killings and rapes of the population. It is this well coordinated and harnessed environment of terror that would subsequently be used by the international community through a shameful diplomatic effort led by Luis Abinader (Dominican Republic) and Antony Blinken (USA) to justify the new invasion/occupation of Haiti.
Of note, it is also on record that the Haitian Army Commander (as small as it is with 3000 soldiers) stated publicly that they could annihilate the gangs if they were provided with appropriate weapons, ammunition, and gears. Instead, the ammunition they needed was sent to the gangs. It is common/public knowledge that all the weapons that the gangs are using to carry out their terrorist activities come from gun dealers located both in the United States and the Dominican Republic: those TWO countries that led the effort to put Haiti under Chapter 7 of the United Nations.
In light of the above facts, nothing in Mr. Seintefus’ analysis makes sense. Let us go through it phrase by phrase:
1) ” The current context where the Haitian population is held hostage by criminal armed groups, support for the Haitian National Police is crucial”.
No. The Haitian population is held hostage by a bunch of thugs and criminals who hijacked the leadership of the country via a putsch with the obvious support, backing and collaboration of the international community. From day one since their coup d’état, these “thugs in suits”, as they are commonly referred to, have been using their street weapons (the gangs) to terrorize, quash the population, and maintain themselves in power. What you see in the streets has its head at the highest level of the current government. When analyzing a problem, you should not constrain and limit yourself to focus only on the end of a much bigger/intricate issue; you must start from the beginning, identify the root causes of the problem, and conduct appropriate, in-depth research before reaching a conclusion. The Haitian population is not held hostage by the gangs. It is held hostage by a criminal government that has been imposed upon them.
2) International support for Haitian security forces is necessary, useful, and indispensable.
Not at all. From the point of view of a colonizer: Yes. From the point of view of a Patriot: No. The security of a country is an internal matter that underlines its sovereignty. The international community is not obligated to provide security to Haiti to resolve its internal problems. Such a requirement/obligation would be necessary only if Haiti were a colony – which it is NOT.
3) Haiti needs to review its financing system for the Haitian National Police.
Correction: Haiti needs to regain its financial independence, starting with a moratorium on receipt of funds, assistance, or whatever disguised type of aid (created to impose dependance and inability for Haiti to decide for itself) from any country, any international agencies, etc. The constant parade of foreign diplomats visiting and reviewing the Haitian police headquarters is insulting to Haitians. It is as if to remind Haitians that they are the boss because they are footing the bills. This MUST stop.
4) According to Ricardo Seitenfus’ explanations, UN Security Council Resolution 2699 is a positive step in the right direction.
Ricardo Seitenfus is a foreigner. He does not have the soul of a Haitian; he does not have the blood of Jean Jacques Dessalines running through his veins. He is totally unable to understand how insulted Haitians feel at seeing their country placed under tutelage by the same enemy forces that Haiti defeated in 1804 and their supporters. The positive step that he is talking about is getting Haiti closer to recolonization.
5) However, the second phase of the short- and medium-term operationalization of Haitian law enforcement to enhance the country’s security resilience is the mobilization of domestic resources to strengthen their numbers and operational capacity.
The security resilience of the Haitian people is found in the strength of our culture. Unlike other countries, Haiti has a strong culture that enables it to police itself without resorting to “big militarization”. There was a time when there were high moral values, strong religious beliefs, a sleuth of philosophers…The Haitian advancement was focused more on the development of the minds, the brains rather than toward militarism. But it was halted by the various intrusions of barbarians who were determined to destroy this trajectory. Prior to the arrival in Haiti of a cohort of criminals, weapons, and a well-orchestrated plan by its enemies to spread violence, the country had one of the lowest per capita criminal rates in the Americas. Hence, Haitians know very well how to police themselves. Their goal towards achieving the ultimate beatitude of life [le vrai bonheur!] could have been easily reached if the so-called “friends of Haiti” had not intervened to meddle in their internal affairs. So, thanks no thanks. Keep those boots (big military) for those who only believe in bullishness (might make right) as the main fabric of humanity. As for those who sent the weapons to the gangs in Haiti, they must find a way to atone for their sin, apologize to the population and find a way to get them back (the weapons) without compromising the integrity of the country. We aim instead to reach felicity in life, strive for peace among ourselves and with our neighbors, and bear eternal respect for the Almighty and our ancestors. That is who we are. Hence, Chapter 7 does not apply to Haiti. It is a gross injustice done by the United Nations to a country that has never offended anyone.
6) On the questions of how to ensure that the Multinational: Mission in Support of Security is the last support to Haiti, the Brazilian professor, who has been interested in Haitian politics for about thirty years, proposed a profound reform of the state. According to his analysis, Haitians must act on fundamental parameters such as governance, financing of political parties, the democratic pact, financing of security forces, among others.
A profound reform of the state? That was done in 1987 via a new constitution. In that landmark document, Haitians expressed after careful, historical, cultural introspection and deduction how they wanted their country to be run and how they wanted to live their life. But the international community had other plans. Just a few months after the promulgation of the Constitution, the interim head of State who was extremely pleased with the process to the point of calling it a “carnival of democracy”, took a visit abroad. When he came back to the country, a completely changed man declared upon landing at Port au Prince Airport “toutt fett fini” (i.e., the party is over) as if he had received “a transformation pill” or some hot instructions from someone during his visit. He then launched a repressive operation, smashed the Constitution. The “Father of all troubles” as he came to be labeled, sets the stage for all subsequent heads of state to receive their instructions from abroad, with a total disregard and repudiation of the Constitution. Those who dared not to adhere to this mantra were given a coup d’état. What is then the purpose of having a profound reform of the state if whatever constitution, whatever undertaking that is carried through by Haitians, is undone by evil-minded outside forces who want to impose their own set of rules, their own set of policies to fulfill their own greedy, hegemonic and oppressing agenda on the people of Haiti as if they were guided by a higher power, perhaps by their own definition/vision of God?
7) The former Special Representative of the OAS Secretary-General in Haiti also criticized Haitian politicians who, in his view, tend to prioritize their interests over those of the nation. “This is not acceptable,” he said.
Mr Seintefus is well aware of the existence of a “factory” that is molding those politicians into stateless individuals (i.e., in French: apatrides). He was the first to report, for instance, on the 2010 presidential elections debacle when the international community fabricated a quidam (i.e., an inconsequential person) into a politician in a matter of months, and then placed him in power to destroy the country. It is right to everyone’s face that Ariel Henry, freshly graduated, and released from the very same factory, was placed at the helm of the nation to destroy what was left of the country’s institutions, which he has been doing since his first very first day in office as instructed by those who placed him in this role by a simple “Tweet”! So before calling out those stateless politicians, you must start by investigating and taking a look at the factory (ies) that molded them. If you shut them down, then genuine Haitian politicians will have a break.
8) They want the crisis because it is only through the crisis that they survive, even if it is at the expense of the population and the future of the country.
They do not consciously want the crisis to persist. They lack racial consciousness. They thought that 1804 had resolved the race issue. They were not aware of the latent protracted war that has been waged against Haiti by its detractors since its independence. They allowed themselves to be teleguided by hidden hands who never accepted the fact that Haiti had defeated France and eliminated slavery, the world economic engine at that time. Such hidden hands have come out in recent times under the name of “friends of Haiti” to dissimulate their evil intent for revenge. Under the pretext of providing assistance, they have since done everything in their power to destroy the country. Like, for instance the fatal blow to its economy by the dismantling of its swine livestock (PEPPADEP circa 1980’s), the destruction of its rice production (circa 1990’s), the theft of 13 billion dollars collected on behalf of Haiti after the devastating earthquake (circa 2010’s), and the wicked conference in Ottawa in 2003 to “suspend the independence of Haiti” as if they were the ones who gave it to Haitians. Fortunately, Haiti’s victory towards independence was guided by our God Almighty. Our God is so much more powerful than them!
So, it is not Haitians that want their country in permanent crisis mode. It is rather the evil forces (the “frennemies”) that have been coming periodically to foment shocks, thereby causing great turbulences and crises after crises, at the expense of the welfare of the population and the future of the country.
Conclusion
The United Nations has shamed itself by its decision to place Haiti under Chapter 7 and has demonstrated to the world that its is not worthy of any of the principles that it claims to represent in its fundamental charter. Everything that was done at that conference was illegal, starting with the request by a de facto government that does not have the legitimacy to do so. But the most unbelievable act was seeing Haiti being double-crossed [individual intercountry contracts signed between the Dominican Republic-Kenya] happening above the head of Haitians and right under the roof of the United Nations! For a moment, the UN had transformed itself into a Slave Market.
The countries that have lobbied aggressively to place Haiti under Chapter 7 constitute a far greater threat to world security. The Dominican Republic has amassed a belligerent force on the border with Haiti and threatens the country over the construction of a canal that Haitians are rightfully building in their country. This is a flagrant violation of international laws and a threat to the security of Haiti that validates the placement of the Dominican Republic under Chapter 7. Incredibly enough, the United Nations said nothing about it because Haiti is a black country. Had it been Haiti that threatened this Hispanic country, then Chapter 7 would not have been enough to punish it: The whole North and South America (inclusive of the six countries that just voted with their skin in favor of their sister over the River Massacre dispute) and even Europe would have already sent their warships to the bay of Port-au-Prince.
Yet, this is the same United Nations that goes around the world falsely denouncing the legacy of slavery and racial discrimination. Hypocrites.
Luckner Bayas, Engineer
