“I want to be clear, the time has come for the CPT and other members of the Haitian government to fulfill their role by presenting a clear plan with timelines for elections and the political transition,” Henry T. Wooster, Charge d’Affaires of the US Embassy in Haiti, emphasized.
Political positions are not for life, and everyone must support security in Haiti, even if some may be skeptical, he commented. Haiti must lead the way out of its own crisis, which threatens countries and stability throughout the region, the US diplomat emphasized.
Wooster supported the United Nations Security Council resolution authorizing the so-called Gang Suppression Force, composed of 5,500 men with operational autonomy and the authority to use lethal force.
Last year, the United States, openly interfering in Haiti’s problems, pressured political actors to establish a Transitional Presidential Council and an electoral council with a view to holding general elections.
Washington, some media outlets point out, is considered the culprit here for the economic, political, and social chaos in the Caribbean country, which it intervened militarily in 1915 and supposedly abandoned in 1934.
Most of the weapons and ammunition used by gang members, who torment the population, come from the United States.
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