Violence

Here is a picture of Jean Marie Liphete who was shot dead in Petion-Ville.

On Friday, May 27, 2016, Jean Marie Liphete, a former candidate for Deputy from Petit-Trou-de-Nippes under the banner PONT (Pou Nou Tout) was shot dead near l'enterprise AIDA. Jean Marie Liphete (born May 16, 1971) was an employee of the house AIDA, a Faculty of Law and Economics. In the last election, he obtained 43.21% of the votes, but he lost to Claude Luc Guillaume from Renmin Ayiti who received 56.21% votes. He never accepted this defeat, always proclaimed that he was a victim of unfair mechanism.

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Here are some of the statements made during a speech given by former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide on September 27, 1991. Do you think that the speech promotes violence and the use of Pè Lebrun by the Haitian population?

Aristide was without equal when it comes to popularity among the people. He won the nation's first democratic election in December 1990 with 67% votes. However, he was caught between plots by the Duvalierists with country's wealthy elites. On Friday, September 27 1991, he delivered a speech, activating the common people against the wealthy elites and power mongers of the country. This speech is famously known as "Aristide's Famous Pe Lebrun Speech" and as a consequence, on September 29, 1991, Aristide was overthrown, just two days after delivering the speech. In every protest in Haiti, the protesters often burn tires. Pere Lebrun was the name of a former tire manufacturer and a major retailer of automobile tires in Haiti. 'Pe leburn' is a nickname of burning tires. In his eight months in president's office, Aristide alienated many civil servants, attempted to undermine the country's military forces and challenged the authority responsible to draft the constitution. He publicly distinguished the elites between patriotic elite and the 'patripoch' (pocket-stuffing) elite.

Aristide's supporters, following the historic speech on September 27, intimidated the news media that Aristide would legitimize his speech. He would place burning tires around the necks of the suspected opponents and burn them to death. However, very few historians have had the opportunity to hear and understand this historic speech live on September 27th which is often considered as his best speech delivered so far. It is a fact that there is no proof anywhere that suggests Aristide's policy was to urge people to burn people. Rather, when he came to power in 1991, unlike his predecessors, he tried to bring more issues and people under the rule of law. There are many Haitians who think that Aristide was unfairly treated. He was demonized by wealthy Haitians who own 90% of Haiti's wealth and act as overseers for empire. Aristide denounced the evil schemes of these imperialists and their agents in the Haitian oligarchy.

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Here is a picture of thr Administrative Complex in Verrettes that burned down.

On January 27, 2016, a group of protesters set fire to the Administrative complex of Verrettes. It is a complex where along with several other government offices, the office of BEC (Communal Electoral Offices), a wing of the BED (Bureau Electoral Départemental) is located. BED is a decentralized body of the CEP (Provisional Electoral Council). BED executes the operational plan of CEP through the actions of BEC under its dependence. Verrettes is a commune in the Saint-Marc Arrondissement, in the Artibonite Department. It is an uneventful, peaceful city which had remained unaffected so far by Haiti's political turmoil. The fire was deliberately set by some unknown assailants on the night of January 27th.

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Here is the new Police force in Haiti building a reputation for violence and repression with new Brigade BOID.

BOID Part of Police Repression against Party Members. The National Police of Haiti has formed a new specialized unit, the Brigade of Operation and Departmental Intervention (BOID). Its first promotion graduated 254 policemen and -women. One of its mandates is to back up departmental units of the Haitian police.

BOID has been deployed in not always ethical ways. At a political rally it was suspected BOID carried out the shooting of a senior official of Pitit Dessalines in a drive-by.

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Here is a member of the Political Party Tèt Kale(PHTK) of center right.

A new political organization, Haitian Party Tet Kale (PHTK), has been legally sanctioned to function within the electoral process. Already it has gained interest among political parties Konbit Sides, Ayiti An Aksyon, and President Martelly's Pati Politik Peyizan.

Chief of Staff Anne Milford has been chosen to head PHTK and Minister for Women, Yanick Mézile will lend her ministry's support. There are 5,000 PHTK members throughout the country.

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The political party close to the executive branch of government, Bouclier, is accused for the disruption of the first round of parliamentary elections August 9, 2015 in Haiti.

Opposition wants Cancellation of Parliamentary Elections in First Round

Two political parties, Rasin kan PEP and Struggling People's Organization, have called upon the Provisional Electoral Council to investigate disruptions and violence at the polls during Parliamentary elections.

Both parties assert PHTK, Shield, Ayiti, and other opposition parties perpetrated acts of violence, vandalism, and looting.

International observers like the EU and OAS say irregularities at the polls don't rise to the level that a need for canceling the first round of elections is necessary.

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Shocking declaration made by a seating president in Haiti. On Tuesday, June 28, 2015, during a campaign rally in the city of Miraguane, president Michel Martelly did not use any diplomacy in addressing a woman in the crowd who was challenging his accomplishment in the region. The President replied to the surprise of many by telling the woman in Haitian Creole she should undress and allow the men at the campaign rally to sodomize her. He also stated that he would bring her on stage and do the same. The Haitian Head of State furthermore said if he was not president he would have broken her jaw.

What does EU and UN Think about Martelly's Sexist Remarks?

Women's group leaders in Haiti are expecting to hear from the European Union and United Nations, regarding President Martelly's assault on a woman in Miragoâne.

Martelly told a woman critical of his government to humiliate herself with the men at the rally, including himself. He added it was too bad he was president, or else he would have punched her in the jaw. Like Trump, he is an embarrassment to his country.

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Here is a picture of the Haitian parliament Arnel Belizaire who is known to have any problem expressing himself. He usually uses whatever is available to make sure he makes his point. In this instance during a session at the Haitian parliament, he threw a total of three desks across the room to show his non satisfaction about a recent decision taken.

Some people think it is normal for Deputy Arnel Belizaire to do that as this kind of behaviors are common in parliaments in other countries

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