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Boston, MA- Last
week, a commission of Haiti's senators
claimed that U.S. Senator John Kerry pledged
to collaborate in the investigation of the
possibility of President Martelly's
double citizenship. In Boston, Haitian
and American pro-Martelly activists
assailed the senator's office with
emails and phone calls.
"We
have not received any request from Haitian legislators relative to an
inquiry on the double nationality of the
Haitian president. If they make
that request, I will remind them that
Haiti is a sovereign nation, and the United
States Senate has no
jurisdiction on Haiti affairs,"
said U.S. Senator John Kerry.
This is a
clear and bold response from U.S.
Senator John
Kerry's office in a letter to a group of
Haitian and American voters who
contacted the Senator about an article
published in radiokiskeya.com that
suggests Senator John Kerry pledged to
collaborate with a group of Haitian
legislators who are seeking to impeach
President
Michel Martelly due to allegations that
President Martelly is a US
citizen. Senator
Kerry relayed his hope that Haitians
focus
their effort on reconstruction and job
creation to ameliorate the social and
economic condition of the Haitian
people.
The world
leaders have taken notice of the extraordinary
performance of Haiti's new president.
Former President Bill Clinton
said: "Haiti would be better off if we
had a leader like Michel Martelly since
the earthquake."
Michel Martelly is a
go-getter. He is passionate about the
welfare of the Haitian people. Now, in
Port-au-Prince, it's not politics as
usual, government officials have to walk
the talk. The President has an 80%
approval score in the latest online survey
run by Mattapan Tech and
jeunehaiti.com.
"Michel
Martelly can be easy compared to Luis
Inacio Lula DA Silva," said
Dr. Carrington Brook of the First Congregational
Church of Boston who recently visited
Haiti. Da Silva is the former president
of Brazil, he was a blue collar union
worker. He came into power in the midst
of an economic crisis and he turned the Brazilian economy
around and made Brazil a
well regarded, attractive economy to
investors world-wide.
Meanwhile,
in Port-au-Prince, the President proposed to
double the number of rural households
that receive electricity
within two years by offering people
small loans to buy solar
panels. He made this
announcement
while unveiling a national energy program
with a $45 million price tag to make
electricity affordable to thousands of
people in the remote regions of Haiti.
The
government seeks to offer access to
credit for rural Haitians by offering
loans to purchase small solar panel that
could produce enough electricity for household
use. The President also promised to
repair the lighting system in the
neighborhood of Cite Soley, Martissant
and Carrefour. Martelly's energy program
will also generate an estimated 1,500
jobs.
The
Haitian president insisted that no development
will be possible without roads,
electrical, Internet and network communication
infrastructure. Martelly unveiled
his energy plan amid the vicious tactics
of a group of corrupted senators spoiled
by the leaders of the Haitian/ Columbian
drug cartel who are trying to
find a formula to impeach him. These
senators are looking to create
turmoil and instability in Haiti
so the drug lords can place their
friends in key positions in government to allow Haiti
to continue to be a drug transit
to the United States.
According
to a source close to Haiti's most
dangerous drug cartel, who asked Jeune
Haiti not to publish his name for the
safety of his family, Haitian Senator
Moise Jean Charles received a million US dollars from
a Columbian Narco-Elite to destabilize
the new government and prominent foreign
diplomats
are timidly involved in that shameful
scheme.
Many
volunteers who left Boston, New York and
Miami to help
President Martelly in the fight against
corruption, kidnapping and drug
trafficking in Haiti are the first
witnesses of the consequence of drug
abuse in our communities. Innocent young children
from all ethnic backgrounds and social
classes lose their opportunity to become
valuable citizens due to their addiction to cocaine because
of greedy citizens like Senator Jean
Charles and his benefactors in the
illicit drug industry.
Next week, the ministers of the United
Christian Fellowship Urban Ministries
will ask the Massachusetts Attorney
General to take a warrant against Moise
Jean Charles that will allow law enforcement
officers to arrest him if he is found in
Massachusetts. Hopefully,
Haitians in other major American cities
will do the same.
A few
hours
after President Martelly presented his
energy program for Haiti, US Senator
John Kerry of Massachusetts said:
"President Martelly has done so
much in a few months, there is finally
hope for Haiti." The Senator
continued to say: "It is
irresponsible for any Haitian elected
official to consider any policy aimed at
destabilizing the efforts of a
democratically elected leader who focuses on the amelioration
of the life condition of the Haitian
people."
According
to the Associated Press, the need for energy
in Haiti is critical to the
reconstruction of Haiti as the Caribbean
country struggles to recover from a
massive earthquake two years ago that
devastated much of the southern half of
the country and
initially displaced 1.5 million people.
The
40-year-old state-run Electricity of
Haiti can only power 200,000 homes,
Martelly said. Only 30 percent of
the population in this country of 10
million has access to a power supply.
Even then, most parts of Haiti only have
electricity for a few hours a day,
forcing many businesses and some homes
to rely on generators and expensive fuel
imports.
The new
program will call on smaller Haitian
banks to issue $30 million in loans with
an interest rate of 7 percent, payable
over seven years. The credit will help
families purchase solar kits that will
each cost between $250 and $350.
Jacques
Dady Jean is an industrial computer analyst
and the president of the Mattapan School
of Technology. He can be reached at
towncomputer@hotmail.com
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