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This conviction,
although carrying a one year probation,
is a setback to the peace process that
Nelson started in Haiti through his job
as a security advisor helping President
Martelly to establish rules of law and
fight organized crime and corruption on
the island. This unfortunate event has
created remorse among Haitians in
Greater Boston and the United Christian
Fellowship Urban Ministries urged the
Commonwealth to review the case.
During the trial, a
Haitian court employee named Valery
Pressat allegedly used a pirate radio to
spread rumors of a fictitious
investigation initiated by the district
attorney, based on a criminal report
that he filed. According to his
allegations, him and his partner
received threats from Nelson’s
acquaintances.
Mr. Pressat also expressed fear
for his life. The timing of Pressat’s
allegations and the uproar about an
alleged criminal investigation appeared
to be very suspicious and is considered
as another form of intimidation tactics
aimed at influencing the public opinion
against Mr. Nelson. This conduct of a
court employee is unethical and yields
mistrust in the court system. Many
individuals in the Haitian community are
asking the authorities to investigate
Pressat’s conduct to determine if he
had access to the members of the jury
assigned in the Nelson case and if there
was any attempt to feed them with
fictitious information.
The incident
between Roro Nelson and his estranged
girlfriend hardly appears to be a
coincidence. In public opinion, it was
planned by the sore losers of the RDNP
branch of Boston, the political party of
Lesly Manigat, and the envious members
of Radio Concorde.
They prayed on the naivety of a
confused young woman who is constantly
seeking the opportunity to become famous
by using any means necessary.
The female
“victim” claimed that Roro Nelson
beat her, but the only physical evidence
was a few, tiny superficial scratches in
her face. Anyone with a sound mind would
know that these scratches were likely to
be self-inflicted or caused only by the
fingernails of another woman. No man
would scratch the face of a crying girl.
The advent of
Michel Martelly to power sent a clear
message to the Haitian smugglers, drug
dealers and kidnappers who have always
managed to control all the corridors of
power in Haiti. “Your time is over, under my watch I will fight to
establish the rules of law and guarantee
the security in the streets,” said the
new president. On day one of
Martelly’s reign, Roro Nelson began to
work with Haiti’s national police and
other security groups to strike
organized crime units and the people of
Haiti quickly began to feel the results.
The members of the new administration
have the will and a burning desire to
change the condition of Haiti but they
don’t have the political support
necessary to back up their progressive
plans.
Unfortunately, Roro
Nelson is on the front lines in the war
to dismantle the gangs that have held
the residents of Port-au-Prince, Delmas
and Petion-Ville hostage. Nelson has
become a scapegoat because of his
dedication for change in his homeland;
he is facing a well-financed, corrupt
opposition manipulated by powerful crime
organizations in Haiti as well as in the
Diaspora. These ill-advised opposition
leaders are in the hunt for the head of
President Michel Martelly. Their first
order of business, they have to ruin his
base by weakening the Paul brothers and
undermining Roro Nelson’s reputation.
Shortly after the
victory of Michel Martelly, the female
in question went to New York to
represent the new president during a
fundraising event and misrepresented
herself as Mr. Nelson’s wife in an
attempt to gain from Ronald Nelson’s
notoriety. To legitimize her petty
relationship with Roro Nelson, she
posted in Facebook that she was married
to the superstar. She was trying hard to
“occupy” Roro by force.
She would not take
advice from friends who attempted to
persuade her desire to become Nelson’s
wife as fantasist; however, she was too
possessed by this longing to understand
the new reality. On the evening of the
incident, the female begged Nelson to
take her on a date, she wanted to
accompany Roro to his farewell party to
celebrate his departure to Haiti with
friends. The “victim” sought to be
at his side during that special event.
Roro told her that he had already chosen
another companion, she took it as a
rejection and she became furious on the
phone, then decided to go to Mr.
Nelson’s home in Mattapan to confront
him. This is when she met face to face
with a beauty named Farah who was
walking holding hands with the superstar
near his car. The desperate “victim”
jumped on Farah, who according to
witnesses was horrified.
Roro Nelson walked her to his car
and turned around to advise the
hysterical “victim” to go home and
take some black coffee with aloe.
Vexed and
overwhelmed by the events, the
“victim” was in search of a solution
for revenge. She was on the phone
calling Martelly’s enemies that gave
her the ill advice to file a criminal complaint.
In the early days after the scenario,
the so called victim hesitated to pursue
with her plot, however, with the support
she enjoyed from Martelly’s head
hunters, and the idea that she could
become famous for taking down a leader,
she decided to come forward.
It could have been
worse, but due to the trivial aspect of
the case, the lack of credibility of the
“victim” and the prosecutor’s
witness, the court only imposed a
sentence of one-year probation that was
appealed by Nelson’s legal team almost
immediately after the ruling, with hopes
of overruling the conviction of a
seemingly innocent man.
In light of new
information that surfaced after the
trial and the dealings of the Dorchester
court employee, the members of the
Haitian community have openly expressed
sympathy to Mr. Nelson and have
reiterated their support to Michel
Martelly and Roro Nelson.
This common trivial
affair, between two lovers and a jealous
ex-girlfriend, has become an
international dilemma. It has put many
strategic security plans vulnerable and
the career of a young government
official in peril. Since Roro Nelson has
been forced to remain in the United
States to deal with his legal issues,
many have witnessed the resurgence of
the kidnapping in greater
Port-au-Prince.
Who is Ronald
Nelson? Roro Nelson has become the
center of all kinds of political
propaganda and media circus, some even
predicted that he may run for public
office. In fact, Roro is a political
neophyte, he is best known as a
sportscaster, a Sunday morning TV show
host that has his unique way of making
his weekly news reports both
informational as well as funny. Mr.
Nelson keeps his audience glued in front
of their screens every Sunday morning to
watch “Roro the Bel Gason” or
“vant boeuf” and video clips
collected from Haiti’s newsroom.
People from every social group, male or
female, young or adult, everybody loves
Roro Nelson.
Roro is not a
physical person; he is a loving human
being, a likable person.
Like every superstar, he uses his
intellect and sense of humor to please
his audience. No one can recall an
incident where Roro had a physical fight
with someone, even on the soccer field
where he spent much of his spare time.
He is a good soccer player and a coach.
Roro joined the US military. He
left because of the mental anguish his
decision to serve caused to his mother.
Certainly for a
Haitian media personality in Roro
Nelson’s level, he, at times,
expressed strong opinions that may have
crossed the path of his peers in radio
or TV broadcasting. No one can deny that
Roro Nelson has a competitive mentality;
this is what actually pushes superstars
to the top. He always uses his words
with moderation to avoid causing harm to
others.
Roro Nelson’s
closeness with Michel Martelly and the
trust that he enjoyed from the president
is not a twist of fate. He used to
venerate his friend Sweet Micky, now
President Martelly, like a king. He used
to call Michel Martelly president many
years before anyone would believe the
world class Haitian entertainer even
dreamed to become president of the
Republic of Haiti. It is scary to see
how many detractors that Roro has in the
Boston Haitian media where he has made
such a valuable contribution.
During the last
political campaign in Haiti, Roro
transformed his artistic and
newscaster’s talent into a political
machine to help his friend Michel
Martelly to become president. The pair
had successfully managed to bring the
Haitian voters on their side.
On election day, it
was unbelievable to see how young voters
mobilized and stood together to elect
Martelly, the man that brings the
message of hope for a better, safer
Haiti with educational opportunities for
all.
Nelson’s legal
dilemma in Massachusetts is a concern to
everyone who is wishing to see a true
democracy in Haiti, a stable government
and public safety that can guarantee
private investment. He shall overcome,
the Lord and the Haitian community is on
his side.
Jacques
Dady Jean, is an ordained minister and
head of the social justice department of
the United Christian Fellowship Urban
ministries, he can be reached at
jacjean1@hotmail.com.,
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