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Download Thesis ACADEMIC INSTITUTION SOUTH AFRICAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY A Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Theology Supervisor: Dr Mark Pretorius Student: # 7147 Chantale Victor Guiteau Tittle The Role of Evangelical Churches in Combating Structural Corruption in Haiti Submission Date: January 2017 Declaration By Submitting this work to the South African Theological Seminary (SATS), I hereby declare that it is my own work, that no one did it for me, and that I did no plagiarise any other person’s work. I have cited all the sources such as books, journals and websites that I used. I understand and accept that should declaration be proven false, I will automatically fall the course and be subject disciplinary action by SATS. Please note that unless expressly indicated otherwise, all scriptural quotations are from the “The Holly Bible, New King James Version” (1999), Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am so grateful to my faithful God, for His outstanding support, His unpayable and priceless provision during my first year (2011 – 2012) and my final year (2015 - 2016) at SATS. Despite my three years of involuntary silence, God made me able to relaunch my studies at SATS in August 2015, and finally complete them in 2016. May His name be praised and glorified! My thanks go kindly to my dear husband Gérald for his affection and words of comfort, his understanding and moral support throughout my academic journey at SATS. My deep thanks go to my Supervisor, Dr Mark Pretorius, for his pragmatic guidance, encouragement, helpful advices, and his accompaniment along the time spent at SATS, especially along the time of the redaction of my Doctoral Dissertation. I am also grateful to all those who granted me interviews, facilitated documents, books, reviews and articles, completed the questionnaire distributed as part of the investigation into structural corruption in Haiti. Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to all those who have supported me spiritually and morally all the time of my journey at SATS. i Contents Acknowledgement I Chapter One 11 1.1 Introduction 11 1.2 The Research Problem 11 1.2.1 Brief Historical and Geographical Overview of Haiti 12 1.2.2 The Main Problem 14 1.2.3 The Key Questions 20 1.3 Concerns and Issues Related to the Research Problem 20 1.4 Background Connected to the Research Problem 22 1.4.1 Contributions of Scholars to the Fight against Corruption 22 1.4.1.1 General Contributions 22 1.4.1.1.1 The causes of corruption 23 1.4.1.1.1.1 Historical causes 23 1.4.1.1.1.2 Social and Cultural Causes 23 1.4.1.1.1.3 Economic Causes 24 1.4.1.1.1.4 Political Causes 24 1.4.1.1.1.5 Psychological Causes 25 1.4.1.1.1.6 Summary 25 1.4.1.1.2 Consequences of Corruption on the Functioning of A Country 26 1.4.1.1.2.1 Social Consequences 26 1.4.1.1.2.2 Economic Consequences 27 1.4.1.12.3 Political Consequences 28 1.4.1.1.2.4 Consequences on Developing and Transition Country 28 1.4.1.1.2.5 Summary 28 1.4.1.1.2.6 How to prevent or root out Corruption in A Country 29 1.4.1.2 The Response of the Church 30 1.4.2 Structural Corruption in Haiti and the Silence of the Evangelical Churches 32 1.4.3 The Rationale of the Study 33 1.5 The Purpose and the Value of the Study 33 ii 1.6 The Scope of the Study 35 1.7 Definitions of Some Technical and Important Key Words 36 1.7.1 Corruption 36 1.7.2 Structural Corruption 37 1.7.3 Nepotism 37 1.7.4 Cronyism 38 1.7.5 Bribery 38 1.7.6 Kickbacks 38 1.7.8 Fraud 39 1.7.9 Extortion 39 1.7.10 Evangelical Churches 39 1.7.11 Combating Structural Corruption 40 1.8 The Structure of the Dissertation 41 1.9 The Methodology of the Research 42 Chapter 2 Structural Corruption in Haiti: History and Analysis of the Status Quo 46 2.1 Introduction 46 2.2 History of Corruption in Haiti: 1492 – 2016 47 2.2.1 Corruption at the Beginning of Haitian History: 1492 – 1804 48 2.2.2 Corruption from Independence to Duvalier’s Era: 1804 – 1986 49 2.2.3 Corruption in Contemporary Period: 1986 to 2016 50 2.3 Signs of Structural Corruption in Haiti 52 2.3.1 Bribery and Cronyism 54 2.3.2 Kickbacks and Embezzlements 57 2.3.3 Racketeering Activities 58 2.3.3.1 National Archives 58 2.3.3.2 Customs 59 2.3.3.3 General Management of Taxes 60 2.3.4 Corruption overall Country 60 2.4 Causes Engendering Structural Corruption in Haiti 62 2.4.1 Historical Causes 62 iii 2.4.1.1 Life and Manners in Saint-Domingue 62 2.4.1.2 Economic and Social Structure in Ancient Saint-Domingue 63 2.4.1.3 The Weak Capacities of Institutions 64 2.4.2 Sociocultural Causes 65 2.4.2.1 Haitian Proverbs 65 2.4.2.2 Traditions and Customs 66 2.4.2.3 Electoral Fraud: A Cultural Tradition 67 2.4.2.4 False Measures in Business 70 2.4.3 Economic Causes 72 2.4.3.1 High Taxation and None Justified Cost 72 2.4.3.2 Unemployment Generalised 73 2.4.3.3 Lack of a Transparent and Accountable Political Process 74 2.4.3.4 Humanitarian Assistance 75 2.4.4 Psychological Causes 76 2.4.4.1 Myth: Corruption is a Social phenomenon, wanting to Eradicate It could be a utopia 77 2.4.4.2 Erroneous Conception or Misconception: A Single People Couldn’t Repair the Country 78 2.4.4.3 Fear of Reprisals from Corrupt People 78 2.4.4.4 Fear to Be Marginalized by Corrupt People 79 2.4.5 Political Causes 79 2.4.5.1 Lack of Commitment by Political Class 80 2.4.5.2 Repeated Blows 80 2.4.5.3 Taste of Political Power 81 2.4.5.4 Theory of Unique Chance to Take 81 2.4.5.5 Meet the team’s needs 81 2.4.6 Judiciary Causes 82 2.4.6.1 Complexity of Judicial System 83 2.4.6.2 Weakness of Judicial System 85 2.4.6.3 Inefficacity of Criminal Justice System 86 2.4.6.4 Absence of an Independent and Efficient Judicial System 87 2.4.6.5 Lack of an Effective System of Reporting of Corruption 87 iv 2.5 Consequences of Structural Corruption on Haitian Political System 88 2.5.1 Effects of Corruption on Haitian Judicial Power 89 2.5.2 Effects of Corruption on Haitian Legislative Power 93 2.5.3 Effects of Corruption on Haitian Executive Power 94 2.5.4 The Cost of Corruption in Haiti 101 2.6 Conclusion 103 Chapter 3 Structural Corruption in Haiti and Inadequate Response of the Evangelical Churches 105 3.1 Introduction 105 3.2 Haitian Christian Evangelical Churches and Corruption 106 3.2.1 The dynamics of Structural Corruption in Haiti: A Challenge for the Haitian Evangelical Churches 107 3.2.2 Moral Life in Haitian Evangelical Christian Churches 109 3.2.3 Social Justice in Haitian Evangelical Christian Churches and Institutions 111 3.2.4 Elections in Haitian Evangelical Christian Churches 115 3.2.4.1 Elections in Church of God 115 3.2.4.2 Elections in Methodist Church 116 3.2.4.3 Elections in the Nazarene Church 117 3.2.5 Haitian Protestant Federation facing Corruption in National Elections 118 3.3 Different Activities in Haitian Evangelical Churches Denouncing Corruption in the Country 119 3.3.1 Evangelical Crusade 119 3.3.2 Personal Evangelization 120 3.3.3 Sunday Sermons on Rampant Corruption 120 3.3.4 Christian Education in Haitian Evangelical Churches 122 3.3.5 Socio-Cultural Activities in Evangelical Churches 123 3.4 How the Evangelical Churches Handle the Problem of Structural Corruption in Haiti 126 3.4.1 Haitian Evangelical Churches and Social Commitment in Haiti 126 3.4.2 Haitian Evangelical Church’s Role in Attainment of Justice v And Equity 128 3.4.3 Literary Works of Christian Haitian Authors addressing the Problem of Corruption in Haiti 130 3.4.4 Public Interventions of Evangelical Leaders addressing the Problem of Structural Corruption in Haiti 133 3.4.5 Ethics Committee Efforts of the Haitian Protestant Federation 134 3.4.5.1 Communication and Special Publication 134 3.4.5.2 Appointment of the Representative of the Protestant Federation to be a Member of Electoral Provisory Council 136 3.4.5.3 The Demero Case 137 3.5 Consideration on Some Five Main Evangelical Missions And Christian NGO reflecting different Doctrinal Sensibilities 140 3.5.1 Church of God 140 3.5.2 Church of God of Prophecy 143 3.5.3 MEBSH 144 3.5.4 Pentecostal Church of Global Missionary Movement 145 3.5.5 Church of God in Christ 145 3.5.6 Fair Assessment and Accountability of Christian NGO 146 3.6 Conclusion 147 Chapter 4 Redressing Structural Corruption in Haiti: A Theoretical Model 149 4.1 Introduction 149 4.2 Biblical Approach to Structural Corruption 150 4.2.1. Personal Practical Moral Christian Life 152 4.2.1.1.
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