Representing all 10 Departments, Senators Westner Polycarpe, Andris Riche, Francois Lucas Sainvil, Fritz Carlos Lebon, Edwin Zenny, Francesco Delacruz, Jean-Baptiste Bien-Aime, Steven Benoit, Jocelerme Priverty and Francois Anick Joseph will be the remaining ten individuals with a mandate to legislate for the People of Haiti.
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Representing all 10 Departments, Senators Westner Polycarpe, Andris Riche, Francois Lucas Sainvil, Fritz Carlos Lebon, Edwin Zenny, Francesco Delacruz, Jean-Baptiste Bien-Aime, Steven Benoit, Jocelerme Priverty and Francois Anick Joseph will be the remaining ten individuals with a mandate to legislate for the People of Haiti.
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SAMUEL MAXIME
Friday, 09 January 2015 07:32
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The notion of prolonging the mandates of parliamentarians whose terms should end on January 12, 2015 is overwhelmingly rejected on both sides of the political spectrum but what is to follow afterwards remains an issue of debate, between democracy, anarchy and dictatorship.
A protest of several thousand took the streets on Thursday and in a rare instance, protested in front of the Parliament. These individuals, Pitit Desalins, which has held the streets for three years by other names, protested against any attempts to prolong mandates. And on call-in radio shows of all ideologies, a tally of callers for and against the prolongation of mandates was recorded by The Sentinel and it was extremely lop-sided.
- For those opposed with Martelly, they decided by 95% against the prolongation of mandates.
- For those supporting Martelly, they decided unanimously against the prolongation of mandates.
But these two groups and those in between are divided on the fallout.
There is a number in Haiti who believe that President Michel Martelly will be able to rule by decree. They consider the absence of the Chamber of Deputies and 2/3s of the Senate as in operable and therefore the entire Parliament is collapsed. These are the proponents of dictatorship.
There is another number in Haiti, far larger than the previous, who believe as the previous, that Parliament will be inoperable and collapsed. These persons plan to take the streets and through civil disobedience remove Michel Martelly from power. These are the proponents of anarchy... sort of. These individuals believe Martelly should stand trial for crimes against humanity and corruption.
The third, is minority, who believe that the fundamental and most basic principle of democracy is the separation of powers. These individuals believe the remaining ten senators, who have a legitimate mandate by the Haitian people to legislate, will continue to hold their powers until 2017 when the mandate given to them ends. These are the proponents of democracy.
In essence, the proponents of democracy agree with the theory of "implied" powers as those who advocate for dictatorship. Instead, they believe that rather than the President of the Republic taking on legislative powers and "ruling by decree", this power should be entrusted in those who have that mandate, the ten remaining Senators.
Also, but not as much so, the proponents of democracy agree with the anarchists and believe that the remaining ten Senators should engage in a process of impeachment, a power entrusted in the legislature by the Constitution, in order to remove the President of the Republic and therefore follow Constitutional prescriptions to install a provisional government tasked with organizing elections within 90 days, not to exceed 120 days.
The proponents of democracy provide the most reasonable solution to the crisis in Haiti.
Friday, 09 January 2015 07:32
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The notion of prolonging the mandates of parliamentarians whose terms should end on January 12, 2015 is overwhelmingly rejected on both sides of the political spectrum but what is to follow afterwards remains an issue of debate, between democracy, anarchy and dictatorship.
A protest of several thousand took the streets on Thursday and in a rare instance, protested in front of the Parliament. These individuals, Pitit Desalins, which has held the streets for three years by other names, protested against any attempts to prolong mandates. And on call-in radio shows of all ideologies, a tally of callers for and against the prolongation of mandates was recorded by The Sentinel and it was extremely lop-sided.
- For those opposed with Martelly, they decided by 95% against the prolongation of mandates.
- For those supporting Martelly, they decided unanimously against the prolongation of mandates.
But these two groups and those in between are divided on the fallout.
- For those opposed with Martelly, they decided by 95% against the prolongation of mandates.
- For those supporting Martelly, they decided unanimously against the prolongation of mandates.
But these two groups and those in between are divided on the fallout.
There is a number in Haiti who believe that President Michel Martelly will be able to rule by decree. They consider the absence of the Chamber of Deputies and 2/3s of the Senate as in operable and therefore the entire Parliament is collapsed. These are the proponents of dictatorship.
There is another number in Haiti, far larger than the previous, who believe as the previous, that Parliament will be inoperable and collapsed. These persons plan to take the streets and through civil disobedience remove Michel Martelly from power. These are the proponents of anarchy... sort of. These individuals believe Martelly should stand trial for crimes against humanity and corruption.
The third, is minority, who believe that the fundamental and most basic principle of democracy is the separation of powers. These individuals believe the remaining ten senators, who have a legitimate mandate by the Haitian people to legislate, will continue to hold their powers until 2017 when the mandate given to them ends. These are the proponents of democracy.
In essence, the proponents of democracy agree with the theory of "implied" powers as those who advocate for dictatorship. Instead, they believe that rather than the President of the Republic taking on legislative powers and "ruling by decree", this power should be entrusted in those who have that mandate, the ten remaining Senators.
Also, but not as much so, the proponents of democracy agree with the anarchists and believe that the remaining ten Senators should engage in a process of impeachment, a power entrusted in the legislature by the Constitution, in order to remove the President of the Republic and therefore follow Constitutional prescriptions to install a provisional government tasked with organizing elections within 90 days, not to exceed 120 days.
The proponents of democracy provide the most reasonable solution to the crisis in Haiti.
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