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70 Candidats Inscrits Pour Les Élections/Sélections ! Vol. 8 • No. 46 • Du 27 mai au 2 juin 2015 Haiti 20 gdes/ USA $1.50/ France 2 euros/ Canada $2.00 JUSTICEHAÏTI • VÉRITÉ • INDÉPENDANCE LIBERTÉ Nou sonje jeneral 1583 Albany Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210 Tel: 718-421-0162 Email: [email protected] Web: www.haitiliberte.com Benwa Batravil ! 70 CANDIDATS INSCRITS POUR LES Page 4 ÉLECTIONS/SÉLECTIONS ! English Page 9 Les élections annoncées riment- t-elles avec l’insécurité ? Assassinat d’Emmanuel Goutier Page 7 Voir page 8 Ci-dessus de gauche à droite: Supplice Beauzile Edmonde, Moise Jean Charles et ci-dessous Jovenel Moise et Gautier Marie Antoinette LAURENT LAMOTHE S’AUDITE LUI-MÊME! Damnés de la mer, damnés du capitalisme : Réflexion sur le phénomène Lampedusa ! Page 12 Barcelone, épicentre du Voir page 5 changement Conférence de presse de Laurent Salvador Lamothe, le mardi 26 mai, à la salle Thérèse de l’hôtel Le Plaza, pour contester le rapport de la Cour Page 18 supérieure des comptes et du contentieux administratif et se donner lui-même un audit favorable à son administration Editorial HAITI LIBERTÉ 1583 Albany Ave Brooklyn, NY 11210 Tel: 718-421-0162 Fax: 718-421-3471 Fruits vénéneux de la division et perspectives 3, 2ème Impasse Lavaud Port-au-Prince, Haiti Par Berthony Dupont oublier « le capitalisme est un péché mortel ». Fort de cette cohé- sion, le peuple n’avait pas permis qu’on bloquât ou manipulât Email : [email protected] les élections de 1990. Cette opération avait bouleversé les plans e pays est en train de voler en éclats du fait d’une crise élec- machiavéliques de certaines ambassades occidentales en Haïti Website : Ltorale reflétant une large paralysie, elle-même engendrant au point que bien avant les élections, nous étions sûrs de les www.haitiliberte.com une situation sociale fortement agitée. Cette marmite de candi- gagner d’avance. DIRECTEUR dats de tout acabit, de décharges, de contestation et de carnets Alors, où en sommes-nous donc aujourd’hui ? Voici que au Berthony Dupont qu’on sent en pleine ébullition risque d’exploser à tout moment. lieu de corriger les erreurs de 1990, nous avons plutôt choisi de Nous n’en sommes pas étonnés puisque les faits sont là, criants, faire marche arrière pour aboutir à un scenario totalement oppo- EDITEUR Dr. Frantz Latour pourtant difficilement récusables ; vu que le pouvoir en place sé. En 1990 c’était l’unité des masses populaires, alors qu’en en jouit d’une solide tradition de corruption, de détournements de 2015 c’est la désunion totale avec au sein du secteur démocra- RÉDACTION deniers publics et de fraudes électorales. tique plus de 20 candidats, alors qu’en 1990 nous n’avions eu Berthony Dupont Les récits qui fourmillent d’invraisemblances apparaissent qu’un seul à la présidence. Et c’est cela qui avait fait notre force, Wiener Kerns Fleurimond Kim Ives pourtant à maintes reprises, cousus de fil blanc de sorte que une réalité que n’apprécièrent pas les puissances impérialistes. Fanfan Latour chaque jour apporte un lot de témoignages et de pièces à convic- Ce mouvement de 1990 est tout bonnement réduit en Guy Roumer tion. Les démentis courroucés des laquais locaux, en l’occurrence miettes : OPL, Fanmi Lavalas, Pont, Ansanm nou fò, Mopam, le Gouvernement et les membres du Conseil électoral Provisoire, Unité, Vérité, Plateforme Pitit Desalin et à la rigueur même le CORRESPONDANTS EN HAITI ne peuvent rien changer à cette machination grossière ; de sorte MOPOD et Renmen Ayiti pour ne citer que ceux-là. Désordre Daniel Tercier que l’analyse de la conjoncture et les positions des différents total dans le camp des Grecs. Alors que le secteur macouto-du- Oxygène David courants ou secteurs politiques participant au jeu électoral nous valiériste pro-impérialiste au pouvoir avec Martelly en alliance Bissainthe Anneseau permettent d’en définir les différentes perspectives possibles. avec la petite bourgeoisie opportuniste représentée par Evans COLLABORATEURS Comme l’a signalé le diplomate américain Thomas Shan- Paul à la Primature est plus apte à s’entendre que nous autres Marie-Célie Agnant non, les élections auront lieu cette année ; dès lors peut-on dire qui nous entredéchirons pour des objectifs personnels au détri- J. Fatal Piard que l’impérialisme américain préfère jouer la carte électorale au ment des intérêts du pays. Catherine Charlemagne Pierre L. Florestal lieu de celle de leur transition de trois ans qu’il avait proposée à Le principe électoral n’est pas mauvais en soi ; mais ce Yves Camille certains secteurs de la classe politique traditionnelle ? qui est négatif, voire dangereux, c’est quand des opportunistes Jacques Elie Leblanc Vraisemblablement, le système se décide à aller vers les conduisent le peuple à la boucherie ou à l’échec comme en 1987. Roger Leduc élections-sélections, cela leur parait plus favorable pour conser- Aller aux urnes sans une réelle mobilisation populaire concrète, Joël Léon Claudel C. Loiseau ver le pouvoir ; alors que la réalité quotidienne nous fait com- organisée et avec des objectifs définis dans une conjoncture Anthony Mompérousse prendre davantage que le pouvoir et ses partis bidon sont de plus confuse comme c’était le cas en 2006 et 2010, c’est faire le jeu Dr. Antoine Fritz Pierre en plus isolés et discrédités par la grande majorité des masses des ennemis du peuple ; en d’autres termes, c’est trahir ses aspi- Jackson Rateau populaires. rations au changement. C’est offrir aux forces obscures impé- Eddy Toussaint Ray Laforest Qu’à cela ne tienne, vu qu’ils n’ont aucune force populaire riales et macoutiques, aux bourreaux du peuple la possibilité Edmond Bertin organisée, unie en face d’eux capables de leur donner du fil à de détruire ce qui reste des organisations populaires. Dans cette retordre, puisque les purges au sein des organisations populaires optique, nous ne cesserons jamais de dire qu’il nous faut certes ADMINISTRATION Marie Laurette Numa et le démantèlement des partis d’opposition font grandement organiser le peuple, mais pas simplement dans une perspective Didier Leblanc leur affaire. En vérité, c’est une débandade totale. électoraliste mais dans une perspective révolutionnaire. Vingt-cinq années seulement nous séparent déjà des élec- Il est évident que dans ces élections à venir les masses po- DISTRIBUTION: CANADA tions de 1990 pour lesquelles il y avait trois grands courants pulaires ne feront pas bloc ensemble derrière aucun candidat. Pierre Jeudy (514)727-6996 opposés: le secteur pro-impérialiste avec L’alliance Nationale Dès lors, la volonté du peuple sera niée de sorte que les forces pour la démocratie et le progrès (ANDP) de Marc L Bazin et du dominantes continueront leur sale besogne dans leurs rapports DISTRIBUTION: MIAMI Panpra de Serge Gilles ; celui du macouto-duvalieriste par son avec l’Occident pour assurer la continuité dans la négation, Pierre Baptiste symbole Roger Lafontant et le camp démocratique représenté l’asservissement, l’humiliation, le pillage. La misère ne fera que (786) 262-4457 par Jean Bertrand Aristide dans une alliance des masses popu- grandir, pour faire place à une exploitation qui n’arrêtera pas de COMPOSITION ET ARTS laires avec une certaine bourgeoisie opportuniste baptisée Front se consolider ! GRAPHIQUES National pour le Changement et la Démocratie ( FNCD) converti Bien après Dessalines, Marx et Engels n’avaient-ils pas Mevlana Media Solutions Inc. plus tard en Mouvement ou Opération Lavalas. appelé les prolétaires de tous les pays à s’unir. Alors, qu’atten- 647-499-6008 [email protected] Les masses populaires à la recherche d’un changement ont dons-nous donc, nous les déshérites du sort, les organisations su trouver le ton pour s’identifier tout bonnement au courant populaires conséquentes pour continuer ce chemin d’unité dans WEBMASTER Lavalas. En ce temps-là, il n’y avait qu’un seul candidat du la lutte contre l’ennemi commun, que nos ancêtres révolution- Frantz Merise peuple et le slogan de l’heure fut « makout pa ladann » sans naires avaient tracé pour nous montrer la route ? frantzmerise.com Bulletin d'Abonnement Tarifs d’abonnements A remplir et à retourner à Haiti Liberté 1583 Albany Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210 Tel : 718-421-0162, Fax 718-421-3471 Etats-Unis Canada Première Classe $125 pour un an Nom: _________________________ Modalités de paiement $100 pour un an $65 pour six mois $50 pour six mois Prénom: ______________________ Montant : $ ___________ Europe Adresse: ______________________ Amerique $150 pour un an Chèque Mandat bancaire Centrale, $80 pour six mois Ville: _________________________ Amerique du Carte de crédit Sud et Caraïbes Etat/Pays: ____________________ Afrique $140 pour un an Numéro : ________________________ $80 pour six mois $150 pour un an Zip Code/Code Postal: ___________ $85 pour six mois Date d’expiration : ________ /_______ Tél: __________________________ Code de sécurité : _________________ E-mail: _______________________ 2 Haiti Liberté/Haitian Times Vol. 8 • No. 46 •Du 27 mai au 2 juin 2015 A Travers Haiti Haïti, chronique d’une La commune de Fonds Verettes au crise électorale (54) bord de l’effondrement Sophia Martelly, le rêve brisé ! Par Jackson Rateau u moment même où on ne parle Par Catherine Charlemagne Aque d’élection dans le pays, dans certains endroits très vulnérables en Haïti où la population est délaissée, c’est la désolation totale. Il s’agit bien n Amérique latine et en Argentine de la commune de Fonds Verettes où en particulier, l’on connaît la dy- E des gens meurent pour n’avoir pu trou- nastie politique des Perón. Il y a eu ver une goute d’eau pour étancher leur Juan Domingo Perón, le général-Pré- soif. Les animaux eux aussi sont morts sident de 1946 à 1955 une première de soif là-bas. fois et de 1973 jusqu’à son décès le 1er La commune de Fond Verettes juillet 1974.
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