La nomination épiphénomène d’Evans Paul K-Plume pour le poste de Premier Ministre

LES TENUES POLITIQUES                                                                                                                                 

PORT-AU-PRINCE le 26 Décembre 2014

 La nomination, de  Mr. Evans Paul au poste de Premier Ministre par le Président de la République Mr. Michel Martelly ce jeudi 25 Décembre 2014 dans l’ensemble, apparait d’être un choix idéal  d’après les opinions exprimées dans les médias.



Dr. Eddy Delaleu

Mr. Evans Paul dit K-Plume sans nul doute est un vétéran politicien, homme de terrain, combattant féroce depuis 1990 comme allié de l’ex Président Jean Bertrand Aristide et d’une expérience extraordinaire qui passe de présentation.  Face à une conjoncture aussi difficile et face à un temps aussi court, aura-t-il le temps pour se préparer et être confirmé par un Parlement qui lui-même est également dans la course contre le temps.

Plus récemment sa participation dans la Commission Consultative Présidentielle a encore projeté Mr. Evans Paul sous les phares brillants de la scène politique face à une crise visible et même tangible dont les résultats néfastes et anticipés planent sur le pays à une vitesse incommensurable comparable à un astéroïde.  La nouvelle de cette nomination dans les médias sociaux a été perçue comme clé à la solution de la crise à dix (10) jours francs qui nous ramènent exactement au 12 Janvier 2015, une date mystifiée par le dernier événement séismique du 12 Janvier 2010, une date souillée par des plaies et des cicatrices très profondes qui marqueront notre société pour des siècles à venir.  Cette date, serait elle une simple harmonie humaine et spirituelle, le choix de nos actions ou l’absence de nos actions qui seraient alors prédestiné par un accomplissement spirituel?  Une comparaison certaine que nos collègues politiciens rejetteraient d’un revers de la main.  Nos superstitions et notre attachement inconscient au colonialisme ont corrompu notre capacité de peuple de penser et d’agir de façon décontracté et autonome.

Bien tôt quatre (4) ans nous n’avions pas eu des élections, au moins ce que nous réclame la démocratie et du moins ce que nous avions accepté et mis d’accord à pratiquer.  Très bien tôt nous passerons de plus de cinq mille (5000) élus à seulement onze (11) élus : le Président de la République et dix (10) Sénateurs.  Une opposition « Zo Blòd », pas sans raison, reste ferme et mobilisée à atteindre son objectif qui n’est autre que la démission du Président Michel Martelly et un Parlement qui spécule ses jours face à une décrépitude certaine.

Et voilà..., par suite des recommandations de la Commission Consultative Présidentielle, une cascade d’événements se bouscule, vue et observée par plusieurs comme solution à la crise et par d’autres comme des suggestions plutôt travesties sans éthique et à caractères provoquant.   Malheureusement le pays et son peuple restent encore sans issue réel face à la « Sunami » politique du 12 Janvier 2015.

Mr. Evans Paul a été offert une offre presqu’irrésistible que peut être tout aspirant politicien aurait souhaité de recevoir.  Bien que nous le sachions, K-Plume ne s’est pas prononcé en publique mais est reporté dire qu’il est honoré du choix du Président de la République.  Mr. K-Plume aurait pu faire preuve de politicien intelligent de décliner cette nomination face à cette fraction spatio-temporelle politique.  Mr. Evans Paul n’est pas la solution pour au moins ce moment, un moment qui risque de détruire toute sa carrière politique pour laquelle il a tant luté presque toute une vie.

Alors pense-t-on que la crise aussi dangereuse qu’elle soit va faire voler 16 de 20 Sénateurs à la ratification de Mr. Evans Paul dans moins de 10 jours francs ?   Beaucoup de nous en doute fortement, sans d’autres accords politiques parallèles.  Et si oui et sans accords, quel serait l’avenir anticipé et redouté du Parlement, de notre Démocratie, du Président de la République, de l’Opposition et du peuple en général ? 

Si une opportunité s’est présentée pour Mr. Evans Paul, c’est certainement pas celle de la Primature, c’est plutôt celle d’un médiateur national qui aura à sa portée un canevas historique ou lui seul aura le leadership d’esquisser le tableau de la réconciliation nationale.  Ainsi, dans un futur pas trop lointain, Mr. Evans Paul aura des circonstances historiques de couronner sa carrière à n’importe quel poste électif qu’il aurait choisi ou à n’importe quel poste nominatif qui lui serait offert et ratifié à l’unanimité par un Parlement qui serait digne de représentation, élective, quantitative et qualitative.

Haïtiens mes frères, ne faisons pas de 2015 une année de malheur bien qu’elle pèse si lourdement sur nos épaules.  Pour longtemps nous avions refusé de nous comprendre, nous avions persisté dans des débats infinis, des luttes perpétuelles entre frères et frères, entre sœurs et sœurs.  Nous réclamons chaque jour notre souveraineté mais notre conduite prouve le contraire et nous jette toujours et encore sous la tutelle internationale.  Cessons de « Chire pit » et soyons plus lucide.

La nomination de Mr. Evans Paul n’a rien à voir avec la solution de cette crise, ni un volte de face du Président de la République  dans un monde un peu trop vieux et encore pire le renouvellement du mandat de nos parlementaires.

L’année 2015 devrait être pourtant être une année de joie, de festivité et de délivrance.  L’année 2015 marquera 412 ans d’existence d’un peuple dispersé qui malheureusement l’est encore spirituellement et physiquement et jusqu'à présent ignore son origine et sa propre identité.

Aujourd’hui même dans ce chaos qui nous menace, nous avons la convenance d’en sortir victorieux.  Haiti sortira du désert d’insalubrité, d’incohésion politique, de misère et de malheur.  Haiti connaitra son identité et sa vraie place dans le monde, l’international le sait et pourquoi pas nous.  Ne soyons pas complices de notre propre destruction, évitons les distractions instrumentales et circonstantielles.

La solution de cette crise politique est dans notre attitude et notre comportement de nous mettre d’accord sur une solution provisoire et d’accord à ne plus répéter les erreurs du passé avec une nouvelle vision et de nouvelles directives.    

                                                                                                                                                             

CURRENT SITUATION OF HAITI'S POLITICS
Dr. EDDY DELALEU'S POSITION AND SUGGESTIONS
SevitèPèpLaDepi 1994

After assessing the negative evolution of Haiti’s politics, I have decided today to clarify my position on the alarming condition of the current crisis weighing heavily on the conscience of our political actors. In the past, I have actively endorsed and publicly supported Michel Martelly during the 2011 elections as well as during the first year of his term. Nonetheless I must denounce the indisputable inefficiency during the last three years of his mandate.

By virtue of available funds and despite progress disproportionate to what has been reported by the Martelly/Lamothe government, yet another poignant observation can be made: this accumulation of excess deviations by the Martelly/ Lamothe administration has led us to today’spolitical crisis. At present, in regards to the foreboding deadline of mid-January 2015, there is a limited time to change the path of our young democracy.

Notwithstanding the maladministration of Michel Martelly, I am obliged to rebuke the Martelly government for not holding elections for four years. This stance of non-action had been supported and encouraged by his advisers as was recently made public by one of the friends of the executive power, Senator Edo Zenny.

What can we do when faced with such limited time? The Presidential Advisory Commission has done an excellent job but in regards to its proposals, I am convinced, it could have done a better job.

The immediate resolution of this critical situation has certainly not been the premature resignation of Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe.  He should have provided a verifiable report of his administrative management, and he will inevitably have to provide one in the near future. The resolution of this crisis is not in the resignation of Mr. Arnel Alexis, Chairman of the Supreme Court of Justice.  Although we seem to refuse to admit it, the problem lies in the inevitable obsolescence of the republican institutions and more specifically the Parliament that must at all costs be avoided.

In addition to the suggestions of several sound politicians, I propose the following:

1-      Promulgate a national consciousness with one common interest: Haiti. Not only to say it but also to apply it in all domains whether public or private.

2-      Agree not to repeat the disastrous mistakes of the past that have contributed to our country’s present delay in development.

3-      Avoid using certain derogatory terms and be prepared to make important decisions outside the constitution that are imposed to us by the actual circumstances. Such decisions should be taken by parliamentarians regardless of their political convictions for the sole purpose of safeguarding the republic.

4-      Avoid partisanship absolutely and address the issue of the President’s resignation in political negotiations.

5-      Establish functional and impartial control tags. Reject the resignation en masse of CEP members. This will optimize the administration’s use of time instead of eternal renewal process and inter-institutional recommendations.

6-      The Chairman of the Supreme Court of Justice, Mr. Arnel Alexis, will take steps to strengthen certain administrative matters and will take a proactive and public position with the other two branches (the parliament and the executive) in order to ensure the electoral process and to advance the equitable formation of a new government.

7-      Continue without further delay in the identification and release of all political prisoners. In this process, President Michel Martelly in consultation with Mr. Arnel Alexis will ensure that no criminal is identified and released as a "Political Prisoner".

8-      The President of the Republic must take all necessary steps to work with the judicial and legislative powers and encourage ongoing dialogue with the opposition.

9-      The opposition will do the same with the executive and will uniquely mobilize (just like all other political entities) in the preparation of the next elections.

10-   Encourage the political parties and political platforms not to engage in collated struggles that will come to nothing other thana civil war causing inevitable and unwarranted loss of innocent victims and collateral damage.

11-   The Haitian people will remain alert and will adopt new principles in their choice of candidates. The people will avoid repeating the same mistakes of past elections and will no longer allow themselves to be influenced by impulsive and baseless promises from candidates.

Haiti will soon come upon its 412^th year in the wilderness of unhealthiness and poverty, class differences and religions in search of spiritual liberation,developmental and socioeconomic explosion. We cannot give ourselves the leisure not to be united and ignore this prophecy that shines above us. It is time that we become aware of ourselves as free people aspiring to a better future for ourselves and our children. Overall, I am sure we can ultimately change the face of Haiti. If not, Haiti will change without us and against us at the cost of the destruction of our people.

My Haitian brothers, let’s take our destiny in hand, and let’s claim our royalty.  May the Most High bless Haiti and may the world recognize our sovereignty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABERNALE CHURCH OF PRAISE

 

A dream contrarily to the popular belief is never too small.  God in his almighty power somehow inspires us every day, it is up to us to believe, interpret and act.  Reverend Ecclesias Donatien a friend of mine for many years had such a small dream or maybe a revelation that he dared to believe and acted upon it.  His story began sometimes in 1992, 2 years before the inception of Operation Hope For Children Of Haiti with which some years later he and I have partnered and engaged in multiple humanitarian activities in the north and other parts of the country. 

 In a dark winter night in January 1992, the stars and the moon were hidden by gloomy clouds over the northern part of Haiti more precisely over the historic city of Cap Haitian.  Reveverend Ecclesias plunged into prayer in that evening commemorating his forty third anniversary as his usual nightly practice.  After a good hour into deep communication with the Lord, came suddenly this revelation in which he was ordered by God to build a Tabernacle.  Without hesitation or question, he invested in a small parcel of land and began his godly mission under a few mango trees with only three church members.  His perseverance against all odds and his beliefs in God, gave him the strength to persevere and never weaken to achieve what he has achieved today, all in the name of Jesus.

As late in this century, it may be a surprise to many that prayers and fasting were rare subjects and may have been considered taboo in an environment whose members have lived centuries of superstition and supernatural beliefs.  Reverend Ecclesias was resolute as he, without questions allowed himself to feel the Holy Spirit blowing on him the wind of the direction showing him step by step the path of the Tabernacle Church of Praise.  It was in essence a simple task for a true believer.  God ordered and he obeyed, everybody was bewildered as God continues to create his miracle.  The Tabernacle became a motivation for all.

Just like me, Rev. Ecclesias don’t take pleasure bragging in our humanitarian accomplishments however, he has something that I don’t have, something that all men wished to have: the gift of prayer, unfortunately that does not come so easy.  When I asked him what was the key for his success, he simply replied: “One husband and one wife”.  That answer, as I remember it today, made me shed lots of tears because I believe and know deep in my heart that is where I failed… I prayed God for his forgiveness as Reverend Ecclesias prayed for me. 

OUR PROJECT:  “The Covering”, “God, save us from the sun and the rain”

As members of the church, Dr. Reynald Janvier and I for quite a while were involved in different projects outside the house of worship but were watching with a close attention to the improvement and construction completion the Tabernacle urgently needed.  Reverend Ecclesias was on several occasions lied to, mislead to by many national and international visitors promising to at least put a most needed roof over more than 10,000 worshippers whom often and always are trampled by heavy rains and scorching suns.   Realizing the unspoken suffering of so many, realizing the humble wish of this friend, Reverend Ecclesias shepherd of his faithful flock;  we have engaged and embraced this challenging project to do everything within the power anointed in us to commit Operation Hope and the Tabernacle Church of Praise to build this ROOF “The Covering”, the Tabernacle 10,000 faithful  urgently need. 

Dr. Eddy Delaleu

Saving Fabiola from a country in crisis.

A country in turmoil, people dodging bullets and the not so lucky will fall lifeless in bloody puddles. No one was exempt, your chance of survival was greater if you were home somewhere in foxholes away from stray bullets.  As a spectator looking from a distance, you instinctively detach yourself from it all unless you become a victim or someone you know becomes one.

On February 26, 2004; Fabiola Durand, a young girl from a neighboring home became some years ago a living in house member of Operation Hope since she was nine years old.  On this unfortunate day, she and four other members of the mission were out on an errand at the wrong time and at the wrong place.  They got caught in a cross fire and Fabiola was hit in the head by two bullets.  Other circumstances surrounding the shooting remain unknown.  I was in the States at the time when I was made aware of this shocking news.  What could I possibly do and how would I go about it.  At the risk of losing their own lives, two of her brothers managed to take her to the nearest hospital Saint Francois de Salle.  She was still alive they thought, and did not want to take any chances.  Lifeless bodies were piled up and for those barely alive, there was no medical personnel to assist them.  They were basically taken there and left to die.  However, her brothers, joined by her mother all members and working at Operation Hope Headquarters; were determined and not resigned. They pressed on me for help and I had no choice to ponder knocking the door of the divine for answer and help.

I was immediately engaged in multiple international calls trying to reach anyone able to help or redirect in our search to help save one soul.  More specifically, I was able to quickly enroll the help of Sharrye Moore from American Airlines who immediately put me in touch with Nancy Rivard President of “Airline Ambassador International” and Glen and Debbie Lahey President of “Kids Explore” in Canada.  In a domino effect a team was mobilized to help save one life while I wondered how many Fabiolas there could be out there.  Mrs. Amédé Gédeon, Director General of the Red Cross in Haiti was contacted and dispatched an ambulance for Fabiola with no specific drop off destination.  In the meantime with Glen working from Canada, plugging all possible contacts we found out that the Canadian Air Force was present on the airport tarmac of Port-au-Prince and was willing to airlift Fabiola to the Dominican Republic four days later after the shooting with no medical help while she was still in a coma.  I immediately released that info to Mrs. Gedeon who redirected the ambulance to the airport and then to the border where she ordered the drop off of the family members as the Air Force would not airlift the parents.  The Canadian Armed Forces flew Fabiola out of the country to the “General Hospital Plaza de la Salud” in Santo Domingo where she was admitted under the recommendation of Dr. Claudio Brito and under the care of Dr. Nepomuceno Mejia.  They miraculously saved her life, stabilized her condition and maintained her vital signs before discharging her to the care of Dr. Gittens of the Royal Columbian Hospital in Vancouver. 

We were able to gain international support and overcoming all obstacles upholding our commitment to save Fabiola and to manifest “Operation Hope” for her.  With the support of the Red Cross, the Canadian Embassy/Consulate, the Dominican Embassy/Consulate in Ottawa, The US Embassy/Consulate in Dominican Republic, we were able to secure safe passage from the Dominican Republic onto the US and Canadian soils.  On March 31 of the same year, accompanied Fabiola from the Dominican Republic, Glen Lahey, Volunteer Emergency Medicine Dr. Joseph Finkler and I arrived at the Vancouver airport, where she was immediately rushed to the “Royal Columbian Hospital”, New Minster, British Columbia.  She was admitted for emergency care by neurosurgeon Dr. Gittens, after miraculously surviving multiple gunshots to the head.  Later on, on my request, Debbie and Glen Lahey accepted the temporary role of Fabiola’s guardians during her stay in Canada.  

Operation Hope and Kids Explore launched a campaign that has rallied the interest of the Canadian people with the help of the Canadian media to support Fabiola’s recent plight and that of future children survivors of struggle throughout the world. 

Today, Fabiola is healthy however suffers occasionally from mild to severe headaches and seizures.  She is married with a beautiful daughter name Claruce and living in the US.   

How many Fabiolas out there who were not saved?  That is the question that haunts me every day as I continue to travel the slums of Haiti, living the Haitian struggle.

Carrefour, what it meant to me

I spent most of my teenage years in Wanney, Carrefour, in essence I am considered a Carrefourois (From Carrefour) since 1968 and I am proud of it.  Unfortunately, I have seen Carrefour changed from a green land to an over populated archaic construction with no urbanization plan. I have seen friends come and go and that community going downward with an increasing sense of insecurity.

There was something very touching about this life shifting experience, it was for the first time I was moving in with my biological mother.  This reunion was significant as it gave me a chance to share a bit of my mother’s life, Alourdes as well as my sister’s life Kettely.  While I had the chance to live a normal life in a middle class family, I found my life near and with my mother to be as ordinary and magnificent as it could be.  My adoptive parents immigrated to the US and I was left at my teen’s years with the hope that one day, like any other Haitians kids dream, to be in the US as well.  

I attended Lycée Alexandre Pétion (1970) from a Catholic School “Sacred Heart”.  I had to make a lot of adjustment one could envision.  I made a commitment with myself to make the best of my school years there.  My Principal, Director Oxcyl, while he was fear by many, for the next few years would be for me a mentor that I will esteem for the rest of my life.  Through a classmate suggestion, We created an “Honor Corps” a paramilitary unit along with the existing school marching band teaching civic duties, discipline, self respect and honor. The Honor Corps was soon recognized nationally and was often requested by the president then Duvalier to parade on the presidential palatial lawn. This corps was highly respected by all even by the military and the police.  Very soon this idea was picked up by Lycée Toussaint Louverture, Lycée Firmin and College Frère Adrien.  When Duvalier instituted the Military Academy, the first recruits came from both Lycée Pétion and Lycée Louverture. While it was fearful for many, it was an opportunity for a few to take advantage and become part of the political/military system.  It was a sudden acquiesce to a social/military thrill, it was a chance to join the military elite and fame.  My mother however apprehensive of this system was frenzied about the possible outcome of my involvement, categorically stopped me from joining the military.  The second opportunity was a direct invitation and visit by the ministry of defense of a few selected one for a military scholarship to study in the US with a commitment to serve in Haiti.  Once again, my mother terrified more so by a black official government car and its passengers parked in front of our modest covered tree home than by this idea for her son to join the military.  Speechless but calmed and collected I recall, she consented to send me to this official invite at the National Palace.  As excited as I was, I was soon to realize that my mother was not sharing my enthusiasm. She quickly conceived my egress on the pretext of medical reasons and soon began to look into a way for me out of the country while some other parents were doing the same.   

In 1971, when Duvalier passed away, the Honor Corps played a historical role in his funeral.  The hearse was lead by Lycée Pétion and I was one of the first to witness a sudden violent whirlwind just before entering the cemetery gate that through a frenzy amongst the mourners and spectators, shoving and running from the invisible and the mental interpretation of what they thought it could have been.  This was given numeral explanations colored with lots of mysticism and superstition.  

It was also in Carrefour I was reunited with Nadia, the sister of an old classmate Jocelyn from Sacred Heart, whom four years later in 1975 would become my wife.  It was a simple yet lavish court yard wedding where family and friends reunited as this young couple was embarked in a new life in an unsure State.  During that same year, the prospect presented itself; my wife and I immigrated to the US with no intention to ever return, leaving political and economic fears behind and looking at new opportunities.  

Carrefour however remained truly my home community where my heart is and has always been and which was later transcended to other parts of the country as I became conscientious of the life condition of my compatriots in 1994 some 19 years later.  It was in Carrefour for some unexplained reasons I held my first political meeting.   This is also in Carrefour I took the engagement to move forward in the political affairs of my country knowing clearly the snare and danger I might have to face.

First General Meeting

At “Candle light”, we held our very first organized general political meeting in Brochette, Carrefour where about 20 people from different communes and backgrounds gathered in a home of a supporter with the intent to evaluate the objectives and strategies at hand.

In essence, this meeting was an assessment and a confirmation of my decision to run.  It was my first look at different individual political makeup but I was too prudent not to eliminate a few so early on the game.  Maybe because, I wanted to see if every one of them will deliver as so they promised.  It was also the time it was made clear to me that if I did not have available funds, there was no need for me to continue.  The money request began and automatically I started to fund what I called then the underground campaign. 

Some of these representatives in my eyes were honest while I allowed my inner sense of trust to advance and take my chance. One very aggressive experienced young man who happened to work for Aristide and Préval offered to work for me.  He is an attorney, very eloquent and persuasive and however would be the first one to betray me with false representation of Operation Hope in the South with the collection of funds on my behalf without authorization and later with the smuggling of medications and medicine supplies from our clinic in Diquini. It was also the time I began to see and understand the true motives of some pastors, their role and the true expectations of their involvement in campaign preparations.  I was much more impressed with a gentleman who presented himself as a true combatant with an interesting background.  For some unknown reasons, except one could guest, he believed in me.  His advice to me, was to always be kind and gentle while he will be behind me as a leopard ready to defend me and the cause.

There was a consensus to fully advance with the movement throughout the country as I was more than ever prepared and coherent with a conscious mind to stir the old system and help impart the changes for my people.  

The decision to serve was clear

The political meetings became more frequent.  People from all over the ten departments wanted to see me and discuss their personal or group political experiences and their disappointments.  They saw in me someone who could represent them as I was become surer of this responsibility to serve my country in a different capacity that I initially anticipated.  If anything, I was ready to provoke the system in a revolution of ideas and attitude for change. 

In the mean time, the need for health care in my view became more apparent as I traveled the country.  I engaged several medical teams in different areas in a very timid way as I did not want to mix my political and social activities and for that reason, I never used the media for political exposure.  Something I was later made aware that I should have done.  I found great pleasures to be able to play that small humanitarian role in the country and more importantly to be seen as someone politically who could possibly contribute for a real change.

It was clear that I was engaged in this new role while I was being slowly shaped into it to fit in the best I could.