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Here is a picture of Journalist Daly Valet as he joined Platfom Pitit Desalin to consolidate Dessaliniene ideology

Platfom Pitit Desalin to Create Dessaliniene Ideology

Daly Valet, a journalist, wants to try something unprecedented by creating an ideology for Platfom Pitit Desalin. He is meeting with ex-senators Gabriel Fortune and Turneb Delpe, ex-First Lady Mirlande Manigat, and attorneys Michel Andre and Samuel Madistin for discussions.

In Haiti political ideologies don't exist. Political parties build their structures around social networking and friends instead. This year 165 political parties will be involved in the 2015 in general and presidential elections.

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Here is a picture that has been seeing in many social media recently. The Certificate of Loss of Nationality of the US for Sophia Martelly.

To tell you the truth. I have never seen Certificate of Loss of Nationality before. According to the news, First Lady Sophia Martelly who was born in New York City has decided to reject the nationality of the United to adopt the Haitian nationality

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Here is a picture of the new Secretary of State for Public Security in Haiti, Hadrian Cyril Woel

On Wednesday, April 1, 2015, Pierre-Richard Casimir, the Minister of Justice proceeded with the installation of Hadrian Cyril Woel as the new Secretary of State for Public Security, replacing Colonel Pierre Estanislas Cantave Neptune. He has held his office since April 3, 2014, and has been named as the Coordinator of the National Council for the Fight against Drugs (CONALD). The Minister of Justice while installing the new Secretary of State has reminded him the complexity of the new position, especially in the light of the upcoming election. The Minister has also asked Godson Orélus, the Director General of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) to cooperate and create synergy necessary for maintaining a secure environment in the country. The new Secretary has affirmed his willingness to work ceaselessly with all concerned authority and deliver concrete results for the benefit of the population. The Minister Casimir (MJSP) was further accompanied by the Director General of the Ministry, President of the Municipal Council of Port-au-Prince and the Chief of Staff of the Minister.

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Haitian Artist Gerald Bloncourt awarded Legion of Honor

Haitian-French Gerald Bloncourt, a painter, poet, photographer, and author received the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor from French Minister for Overseas Territories, George Pan-Langevin.

Bloncourt, an activist and leader of the 1946 Haitian Revolution, was deported to France when President Lescot was overthrown. In Paris Bloncourt continued to criticize the Duvalier dictatorships. He has returned to Haiti several times and is Secretary-General of the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights and Democracy in Haiti.

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Here is a picture of Eric Jean Baptiste, also known as Pere Etenel Loto. He is a former mayoral candidate and also created Fondation Eric Jean-Baptiste

On March 17, 2015, Eric Jean Baptiste, owner of the "borlette banks" known as the Père Eternal Lotto while cleaning his gun at home has shot himself when the gun went off. The accident occurred because Eric did not realize that there was another bullet left in the gun. Eric was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. However, after receiving necessary care he is now in stable condition at the Canapevert hospital. The earlier report suggested that he was shot in the stomach, however, his family sources have confirmed that he was shot on his shoulder. Eric Jean Baptiste is a known businessman and a mayoral candidate from Port-au-Prince in Haiti.

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Here is a picture of the young couple Bill and Hillary Clinton.

The former U.S President Bill Clinton visited Haiti for the first time in 1975 on a trip sponsored by his friend David Edwards as a wedding gift. When he wrote his autobiography "My Life" in 2004, he mentioned his first encounter with voodoo as the "the most interesting day of the trip". He witnessed a voodoo practice in a village near Port-au-Prince. There the rites were performed by a priest named Max Beauvoir, a former chemical engineer who had studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. Clinton described his first experience with voodoo as a culture, that practices to make sense of life and nature; it virtually works with the universal belief that there is a nonphysical spiritual force at work in the world. Then Clinton was a law professor who had once lost his battle of political campaign, considering for a second run. The priest Beauvoir gave him a brief course in voodoo theology, he decided for a second run and that turned out to be a success. This time, he won -- and was on his way to the White House. Bill learnt one good lesson from Haiti and he wrote: "The Lord works in mysterious ways." Once a Voodoo sorcerer was supplied to him by his friend, the exiled-by-coup John-Bertrand Aristide, and that sorcerer put a curse on the incumbent President George W. Bush, "by manipulating a doll made in the President' s image."

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Here is a picture of Arielle Jeanty Villedrouin as she was awarded the Woman of Courage Haiti 2015

On Wednesday, March 18, 2015, MS Pamela White, the Ambassador of the United States to Haiti has honored Mrs. Arielle Jeanty Villedrouin with "Woman of Courage Haiti 2015 award" as a part of the US award "International Women of Courage". Mrs. AJ Villedrouin is the Director of the Institute of Social Welfare and Research (IBESR); she has been honored with this award for her valuable plea for fair legislation, which led to the implementation of the action plan to fight human trafficking and on the criminalization of illicit trade in 2014. She restructured the IBESR, a social protection body, developed programs to record unaccompanied and orphan children and set up programs to reunite them with their families. Every year this award is given to some notable woman as a mark of recognition to her valuable contribution with initiatives, courage, actions and determination which play a predominant role in bringing positive changes in their society around the world.

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Here is a picture of Ms. Nonie Mathieu, the former head of The Superior Court of Auditors

As per report dated March 18 2015, released by the RNDDH (National Human Rights Defense Network), the former President of the Superior Court of Auditors and Administrative Disputes (CSC / CA), Me. Nonie H. Mathieu, has been found involved in a corruption charge of an embezzlement to divert more than 37 million and 500 thousand Gourds (about US$800, 000) of public funds. She spent that amount of public money to purchase computers, USB drives, chairs, desks and folders from two non-existent or questionable companies (Professional Services & Decor represented by the lady Ruth F. HYPPOLITE and America Supplies Distribution (ASD) represented by Marie Yolène MERTYL) and moreover, such office materials and equipment were never delivered. It is a shame as the Court of Auditors is intended to control the management of public funds under the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Such an institution is not empowered to audit its managing members and it is truly a matter of disgrace that itself it is involved in a scandal. The members of the Court of Auditors are subject to the High Court of Justice. However, if it is mandated by the Senate of the Republic or otherwise, the Senate of the Republic is committed on 1 June, every year to audit and inspect for administrative verification and audit the accounts and the works of the Superior Court of Auditors and Administrative Disputes (CSCCA).

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On this Monday, March 9th, 2015, in a Ceremonial Oath Me. Jules Cantave was installed as the new President of the Court of Cassation and the Supreme Council. He was nominated to fill the position vacated by Judge Arnel Alexis

(Me. Jules Cantave, Président de la Cour de Cassation et du CSPJ)

On March 9, 2015, Mr. Jules Cantave has sworn in as the new president of the Supreme Court and the High Council of the Judiciary (Supreme Council) in place of much maligned Mr. Anel Alexis Joseph, who was forced to resign in last January. Mr. Jules Cantave, while taking this great responsibility for the country, has promised to do everything to make the system a truly independent and neutral judiciary. He has sworn to enforce the laws in force to deliver an impartial distribution of justice and prove himself a worthy and loyal magistrate. He believes that the esteemed responsibility which he has been entrusted is the reward of his 33 long years of service in the judiciary.

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Here is a picture of Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal who served as the President of Haiti three times.

Boisrond-Canal was born in 1932 and went into military service from 1858 until 9 years later when he retired to take up farming. Three years later, he would become embroiled in politics and rose quickly to be senator of Port-au-Prince twice. Like many political figures, he was exiled for a period, in Jamaica, but was made, upon his return, army commander of the Ouest Department by President Domingue. The first of Boisrond-Canal's three presidencies began in 1876 when he replaced Domingue as provisional leader before presiding non-provisionally as of July 17 that year. During his first run, he reinstated the 1867 constitution, which Domingue had replaced in 1874.

His inability to successfully mediate the National and Liberal parties compelled him to resign in 1879. His replacement, President Lysius Salomon would himself resign in 1888, and Boisrond-Canal was once again president, this time in an acting capacity. His last run as president was in 1902 when he was appointed interim president. This post lasted from May 26 to December 17, when he was succeeded by Pierre Nord Alexis.

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