Update on Fr. Jean-Juste | Rep. Waters on Amb. Foley and de facto gov.

=Update on Fr. Jean-Juste: Report by Bishop Thomas Gumbleton and Johanna Berrigan of visit on 8.23.05 with Fr. Gerard Jean-Juste in Haitian National Penitentiary

– PRESS RELEASE: Rep. Waters Says that Amb. Foley was Right about the Interim Government of Haiti

-Opinion: Haitians must rediscover selves by Edny Merveille | The JournalNews.com | Aug. 23, 2005

– The suits versus the grassroots – anatomy of the manufactured “Lavalas” discrepancies regarding participation in the upcoming Coup D’etat (s) elections:

See, for example, the four articles copied below: 1. According to AHP report (below) Leslie Voltaire calls for party unity to face new political situation and talks of searching for consensus from the 10th departments to go to elections (See, AHP report below)| 2. Feuille says on RadioVision2000 they already have consensus to register the Lavalas Party to elections | 3. Gilles declared that a consensus will soon be reached between the directorate of the organization in Haiti and its counterpart outside the country… – ooops who is reading from the wrong US Embassy coup d’etat script? Never mind. The people still wait for the prisoners to be released, the Constitutional government returned, the killings, oppression and apartheid to STOP. SitÈ Soleil’s, RenÈ Monplaisir and Bel Air’s Sanba Boukman are the voices who speak for the oppressed. They have spoken. Their conditions clear, their chosen representatives acknowledged by the only legitimate source of power in Haiti: THE PEOPLE OF HAITI facing the new Napoleonic brigade to terrorize and enslave of US/UN, France and Canada.

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Update on Fr. Jean-Juste medical condition:

Fr. Jean-Juste remains ill with injuries from his beating at the church and swelling on both sides of neck and under arms. Johanna Berrigan, a nurse practicioner from Philadelphia went to visit him today in Haiti with Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit. Johanna Berrigan was not allowed to bring in her medical equipment, nor to conduct a real examination of Fr. Jean-Juste. The US Embassy also went to visit Fr. Jean-Juste late last week with a physician, but was also denied the opportunity to perform a medical examination. Please keep the pressure on the US and Haitian governments to release Fr. Jean-Juste and all the political prisoners. This is the report of today’s visit.

Report by Bishop Thomas Gumbleton and Johanna Berrigan of visit on 8.23.05 with Fr. Gerard Jean-Juste in Haitian National Penitentiary:

Bishop Tom Gumbleton and Johanna Berrigan were able to visit with Fr. Jean Juste for an hour today, Tuesday, August 23,2005. We met with him in the courtyard of the National Penitentiary. He remains in a small cell in isolation in a basement area. There is no light in his cell which leaves him in darkness. There is only one small light outside the cell. There is no room to lie down, it is dirty and the smell is very bad. He had much to share with us. He has not been allowed to have any visitors.

Fr. Jean Juste is spiritually strong, but he is physically not well. He appears to have lost some weight. He is clearly in pain. He said “ since the beating, I am suffering so much.” He reports alot of pain in his neck. He attributes this to the beating at the time of his arrest at the funeral. ( See Bill Quigley’s report of the beating and arrest). The swelling on both sides of his neck is very obvious. He is also swollen under his arms. He also suffered from some type of skin rash due to a chemical that the guards sprayed on him that seems to be getting better.

Fr. Jean-Juste shared with us the details of the accusations, harassment, and arrest. Although he was the victim of abuse at the funeral where he was beaten, he is the one prison rather than his attackers. He was taken to jail on the pretense that it was for his safety. He remains in prison on charges of “ incendiary sermons” and “public clamor, “ which accused him of the murder of Jaques Roches. Fr. Jean Juste was in Miami at the time of the murder.

He spent only minutes talking about his own condition, then he quickly proceeded to tell us of his concerns for the other prisoners. He said “the inhumanity is something unbelievable, I discovered many injustices.” Fr. Jean-Juste shared with us that many have been arrested arbitrarily and on false accusations. He is very concerned for the deportees who he says are in a hopeless situation. They have been deported from the U. S., but they have no representation. He spoke of the horrible treatment of the prisoners who are mentally ill. They are receiving no treatment, just more abuse.

Fr. Jean-Juste told us many prisoners are planning a hunger strike to begin Thursday. The demands of the political prisoners and detainees are: 1. Freedom for all political prisoners. 2. Freedom for all of the deportees 3. Respect for the rights of prisoners based on the U. N. charter for human rights. 4. Stop the arbitrary arrests and indefinite detention of prisoners. 5. Allow all prisoners to have Religious services according to their faith tradition. 6. Stop the beating and mistreatment of prisoners who are menatlly ill.

Pere Jean-Juste shared a story of one of the prisoners who is mentally ill and being held naked under a very hot stairwell. Fr. Jean-Juste said: “It hurts me so much to see this, please hear our call to give justice to all.”

Fr. Jean-Juste continues to be very determined to speak out against all of the injustice.

Fr. Jean-Juste stated that “the de facto government are the real criminals as they are violating article 21 of the Haitian Constitution.

Instead of reform of justice in the penitentary system, the de facto government is abusing their power. There is no due process. Government officials are using state power to crush innocent citizens. The weaker you are, the longer you stay. They forget you.

They don’t even know your name. We are not protected at all. Anybody in power can point a finger at you and you disappear.”

“This government should go and the legitimate government should be restored to power. All political prisoners should be released, there should be respect for the human rights of all. I have hope in fighting the system, I may at some point be released – for the other prisoners, forget it.”

Finally, he said “Thanks to all of you who are working for my release. I was so happy when I heard about the many letters that are pouring in and about the letter signed by the Congress people. I was so happy and that is what keeps me going. “ He thanked us for the visit, by the end of the visit he was smiling and said “It feels so good for my soul to be out of the dungeon even for a little while.”

We ended our visit in a circle of prayer where Fr. Jean Juste thanked God for all of us who are working and helping him in doing God’s work of peace and justice.

Letters and faxes calling for Fr. Jean-Juste’s freedom are still coming in for delivery to Haiti. Sample:

US Ambassador to Haiti c/o Professor Bill Quigley Loyola University School of Law 7214 St. Charles Avenue, Box 902 New Orleans, LA 70118

Dear Ambassador:

Please do everything in your power to persuade the unelected Haiti goverment to release Fr. Gerard Jean-Juste from the Haitian National Prison. Fr. Jean-Juste does not even have any written chanrges against him and has laready spent more than a month in prison. Fr. Jean-Juste has been identified as a Prisoner of Conscience by Amnesty International, Human Rights First and many other human rights organizations. I know the US can help out. Please help as soon as possible.

Peace, Your name Address

mail or fax 504.861.5440.

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PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release Contact: Mikael Moore

August 23, 2005 (202) 225-2201

CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS SAYS THAT AMBASSADOR FOLEY WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT OF HAITI

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-35) released a statement in response to Ambassador James B. Foley’s comments regarding the interim government of Haiti. The Congresswoman’s statement follows:

I commend Ambassador James B. Foley for taking a courageous stand in support of justice and the rule of law in Haiti prior to his final departure as the United States Ambassador to that tormented nation. Ambassador Foley said the interim government of Haiti tarnished the country’s image by releasing convicted killer and death squad leader Louis-Jodel Chamblain from prison while continuing to detain former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune.

Time and time again, I have decried the incompetence of the interim government of Haiti, which continues to be supported by the Bush Administration. Kidnappings, murder and other crimes have become widespread in Haiti since the interim government came to power a year-and-a-half ago. Roads and infrastructure have fallen into disrepair, and public services have virtually disappeared. The interim government has done nothing to stem the growing violence in the country, and it has done nothing to make millions of dollars in promised aid from international donors available to the Haitian people. Just about the only thing the interim government has done is jail hundreds of political prisoners.

Yvon Neptune is one of these political prisoners. He served as Haiti’s prime minister prior to the February 2004 coup d’etat, and he is now the most prominent member of Lavalas, the largest political party in Haiti. The interim government arrested him over a year ago without charges and continues to detain him without a trial. Twenty-eight Members of Congress called for his release in letters sent to President Bush last May.

Another one of these political prisoners is Father Gerard Jean-Juste, a widely-respected Catholic priest. Prior to his arrest last month, Father Jean-Juste operated a soup kitchen for hungry children, one of the few social services available in a country whose government has abdicated its responsibilities. Amnesty International declared him a prisoner of conscience, and twenty-nine Members of Congress signed a letter calling for his release. Other prominent political prisoners in Haiti include former Interior Minister Jocelerme Privert and Haitian singer Anne Auguste, both of whom have been detained without a trial for over fifteen months.

There is a growing consensus that there can be no free and fair elections in Haiti under the violent conditions that exist today. Nevertheless, the interim government is determined to hold elections in November of this year, despite rampant violence and the continuing imprisonment of Lavalas party leaders. Under these circumstances, it is hard to believe that the Haitian people would ever accept the results of the elections. Suspicion is already widespread that the interim government’s real motive in keeping Prime Minister Neptune and Father Jean-Juste behind bars is to prevent them from running for office.

The interim government’s decision to let death squad leader Louis-Jodel Chamblain out of prison must be seen in light of the upcoming elections. Chamblain’s history of organizing violence against political activists is enough to make any potential candidate afraid to run for office. Setting him free three months before the elections could possibly further endanger potential Lavalas candidates and lead to incidents like the 1994 Raboteau massacre, a brutal massacre in a low-income neighborhood, for which Chamblain was later convicted.

We may never know why James B. Foley left his post as the Ambassador to Haiti. We may hope he decided that he could not in good conscience continue to stand by while the interim government imprisons potential candidates and allows violent criminals to control the countryside. Perhaps he grew tired of operating an embassy with a skeleton staff after other personnel returned to the United States to escape the escalating violence.

What we do know is that there can never be free and fair elections in Haiti as long as thugs and killers are allowed to roam free and innocent priests and politicians remain behind bars.

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Haitians must rediscover selves

Opinion www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
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(Original publication: August 23, 2005)

On the night of Aug. 14, 1791, Bookman or Bouckman, a priest of voodoo, organized a solemn ceremony in which he reconnected slaves in Haiti to their African gods, the gods of freedom and liberation. The whole group swore to live free or die. They revolted against the masters. On Nov. 18, 1803, they defeated the mighty Napoleonic army, and on Jan. 1, 1804, Haiti became the first black independent republic in the hemisphere.

After their independence, Haitians rejected their African gods and adopted the god of the master. They opened the country to missionaries who brainwashed the population and, over time, turned them into zombie-like creatures. They became target practice for the powerful military of the masters, who invaded the country as they pleased.

Once a proud nation, Haiti is now living one of the darkest periods in its history. More dark periods await Haitians unless they awaken, rediscover their true nature and identity, unite, believe in their gods and themselves ó and not in the masters, whose ultimate goal is to enslave Haitians’ minds, divide them, and sink the country deeper and deeper in chaos and poverty.

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High ranking Fanmi Lavalas executive calls for party unity to face the new political situation

Port-au-Prince, August 19, 2005 (AHP ) – A high ranking Fanmi Lavalas executive, former minister of Haitians Living Abroad, Lesly Voltaire, called Friday for party unity to face the new political situation.

Lesly Voltaire feels the division in the ranks of Fanmi Lavalas since the party joined the PEC, can only be bad for the party.

“Those who say they are not in favour of the elections and those who support Lavalasí participation in the next elections bring up good arguments”, he said.

Still, he insisted, all the opposing factions of the organization have to come together to find a compromise in the interest of the party.

Within the next 3 weeks, the organization will also have to hold small conferences in the 10 geographical departments of the country, before the national conference where the party will decide whether it runs in the next elections or not.

Lavalas cannot win these elections if it is disorganized, Mr.Voltaire said, as he believes exiled Lavalas officials like President Jean Bertrand Aristide should be approached to try and reach a true consensus on this question.

Jean Bertrand Aristide is still the president of Fanmi Lavalas, Lesly Voltaire stated, warning some sectors against any attempt to take control of the party.

Sources usually well informed told AHP that a foreign-based candidate had approached some party executives to get support from Lavalas followers.

The former minister of Haitians Living Abroad blames those from Lavalas who are against the elections of not proposing a serious plan to get pack to power.

If Lavalas does not run in the next elections, it will be in an extra parliamentary opposition for 5 years while the next government will surely be supported by the MINUSTAH and the international community, even if it does not have popular legitimacy.

Still, he understands the conditions stated by the spokesperson of Bel-Airís Lavalas supporters, Samba Boukman, for the party to run in the elections. The conditions are the resignation of the interim regime, the release of political prisoners, the creation of a national unity government, the complete disarmament of all illegal armed groups, general amnisty, and exile return to the country.

Noone in Lavalas can be against these conditions, Mr. Voltaire said.

The former minister of Haitians Living Abroad under Jean Bertrand Aristide also reminded that Fanmi Lavalas always chose elections as the way to get to power, as it is the only way to go in any democratic society.

He said it seemed however that some people or groups from the international community were trying to make things difficult for Lavalas in case the organization decided to run in the elections, as 95% of the population are poor people, and, thus, members and supporters of Lavalas, he stated.

Lesly Voltaire also condemned some groupsí tactics to try to keep popular masses from registering by rejecting the installation of registration offices and centers in some areas of the country.

The former Lavalas government official, who also talked about Jean Bertrand Aristideís hasty departure on February 29, 2004, said Aristide has never resigned from power.

Many foreign experts who analyzed the signed piece of paper left by Mr. Aristide just before his departure said it was not a resignation, but more of a condition.

President Aristide allegedly wrote in Creole: If, by leaving, I help avoid a blood bath, then I accept to do so.

According to Mr. Voltaire, these experts noted that there had been no formal resignation. Mr. Aristide only signed a non-authentic piece of paper.

He added that many CARICOM and African countries as well as Black Caucus parliamentarians keep fighting alongside the popular masses to ask that President Aristideís term be respected.

On reconciliation, Lesly Voltaire said the Boniface/Latortue government had no legitimacy to take over such an initiative.

Only a legitimate government with support from the people can do that, Mr. Voltaire said.

Concerning rumours that RenÈ PrÈval could run in the next elections, Mr. Voltaire feels Mr. PrÈval has some advantage over all other Fanmi Lavalas executives, as he knows national and international laws and rules.

He also stated that RenÈ PrÈval was the first constitutional President (February 7, 1996) to follow in the footsteps of another constitutional President (Aristide) and the only one to complete his term since the end of the Duvaliers dictatorship.

AHP 18 August 2005 10:25 AM

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Feuille on RadioVision2000

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HEADLINE: LAVALAS FAMILY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES PARTY’S POSITION ON HAITIAN

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Excerpt from telephone interview with Lavalas Family official Yvon Feuille by announcer Valery Numa, broadcast by Haitian Radio Vision 2000 on 19 August; subheadings added editorially

[Feuille] The only person who could contest the registration of the Lavalas Family [FL] party with the Provisional Electoral Council [CEP] is President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. And in order for him to be able to

do that, he would need to obtain the agreement of the national coordination, which is represented by the 10 departmental coordinations

that are functioning in the country. You should remember that this is not the first time that these kinds of issues have surfaced in the Lavalas Family. When former President Rene Preval was to present his candidacy, there was a group that did not agree with that. And it was almost the end of the presidential campaign when President Aristide gave him his approval.

As for us, we have taken a historic responsibility, whatever they say. We are in a situation where it is necessary for some patriots to take action to help the people escape the illusion, to help them see the reality, and to work to create a situation of appeasement so that we can move on. And everybody can see that things are changing psychologically. You can see that a lot of people are registering for the elections. Even among the masses, you can see that the people speakdifferently now.

Exile

There is another thing. With regard to the exile question, I spent some

time in exile, too. I know what it is like. But I must say that persecution here is worse than living in exile. Being in prison is harder than exile. Now, should we pretend to stay out of the election process and let ourselves be held responsible for whatever acts are committed in the country? And yet I am part of a political party, and a

party’s first objective is to participate in elections. If elections are taking place – and I just think that it is going to be a selection,

instead of an election – then I have to register so that I all of the claims I make are legitimate.

[Numa] Anyway, this does not prevent Bell Angelot from speaking of the possibility for the party to take measures against you. Not just Bell Angelot, by the way. I suppose Mario Dupuy and other Lavalas members overseas are in it, too?

[Feuille] I will not get into an argument with these men, because I held the hands of many them to teach them about the Lavalas Family party and to help them progress in the Lavalas structure.

[Numa] But you may agree with me that the fact that you helped them progress in the party is not a reason for them not to take measures against you, if they think that you acted against the party?

[Feuille] Let me explain this to you. Rudy Heriveaux, Louis Gerald Gilles, and myself did not just go and register the Lavalas Family party. This decision was made by representatives of all the departmental coordinations in a two-day meeting. And it is after this meeting that they designated us to go and register the party. [passage omitted]

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

[Numa] Maybe these people overseas did not know about this initiative?

[Feuille] They knew about it because we made it clear what we were going to do. Actually, before we registered the party, we sent an e-mail to President Aristide, saying that the 10 FL departmental coordinations held a national meeting and decided to register the party.

[Numa] How did Jean-Bertrand Aristide respond to this? Did he reply to it?

[Feuille] He did not reply. But silence gives consent. So, this is how we saw it. And we moved on.

[Numa] But how do you know that he got your e-mail?

[Feuille] I am sure that he did, somehow.

[Numa] Let us say that you think he received it. But the fact that he did not reply does not mean that he agrees with the decision. Maybe he just meant to say that he does not take you all seriously.

[Feuille] The thing is that the issue here is not with us. It is all the departmental coordinations that were involved. [passage omitted]

[Numa] Except that, according to what we know about the functioning of the Lavalas Family, Jean-Bertrand Aristide always had the right to veto

any decisions made by other party members.

[Feuille] I am talking about the FL, not the government. Whenever we had a meeting, he [Aristide] was never able to make a unilateral decision. Sometimes it would take us days to try to find a consensus, because the departmental coordinations were quite strong then. So Aristide never really managed to make decisions alone. [passage omitted]

[Numa] I am going to ask you a direct question: Can you tell us exactly

when Aristide actually made a decision and one of the party members said no to it?

[Feuille] I did that personally. [passage omitted] For instance, I did not agree with the nomination of Jean-Claude Jean-Baptiste as head of the police. [passage omitted].

[Numa] But you will agree with me that it was his decision that prevailed, even though you expressed disagreement? [passage omitted]

[Feuille] It is true that there are a lot of people in the party who accepted all of the decisions without asking questions. But there are some who did not accept everything. [passage omitted ]

Presidential candidate

[Numa] It is true that you have not yet chosen anybody to represent the

party in the presidential election. Are talks actually under way with certain personalities?

[Feuille] Yes, talks are under way with some key Lavalas personalities who have a lot of potential, but we will not reveal their names now.

[Numa] But I am a journalist and will not hesitate to ask questions, of

course. We have heard that there is a wing of the FL party that would like to see [former Lavalas President] Rene Preval represent the party in the presidential election. Is that the branch of the party you are in?

[Feuille] I would like to have Rene Preval represent us, since he has already proved himself. Anyway, this decision can only be made in a congress. As you know, Preval is a man who carries weight. [passage omitted] Preval is a finalist [meaning that he was able to complete his

presidential term], somehow, not to mention that he is already a winner.

[Numa] Generally, the FL always wants to win. Perhaps Preval might be heavier in the balance?

[Feuille] [passage omitted] Whatever party at is running in the elections, it will go with the purpose of winning. But nothing has been

decided yet. It is true that there are certain party members who have talked with President Preval. [passage omitted] But Preval has not said

anything yet. [passage omitted]

[Numa] We know that there are other names, apart from Preval, that have

been mentioned. We know that talks are under way with other personalities. Jean-Marie Cherestal [former Lavalas prime minister] is one of them.

[Feuille] Cherestal is also a man who carries weight in the Lavalas party. All I know is that, even if both personalities are interested in

running on behalf of the party, one will be ready to give way to the other for the party’s progress. As people know, Cherestal is a very competent person. [passage omitted]

[Numa] We have heard that Cherestal has his own political party.

[Feuille] No, he does not have a political party. There are some pro-Lavalas people who have formed a political party called PON [For All of Us]. But Cherestal is not the founder. [passage omitted]

Alliances

[Numa] As you know, most of the political parties have decided to form political alliances. Will the Lavalas party admit this logic? I mean the Lavalas branch that you represent.

[Feuille] Actually, we of the administrative staff might see the necessity to form an alliance because there are too many political parties in the country. [passage omitted]. We cannot yet say that FL will join with other parties. This decision can only be made in the congress. [passage omitted]

[Numa] There are a lot of presidential candidates of all sorts. Can you

tell us if some of them have already caused you to doubt your party’s chances of winning the presidential elections?

[Feuille] No, none at all. As you know, the candidate the FL is going to choose is not just a candidate. He is the future head of state.

[Numa] You said that the candidate that you are going to choose will be

the next head of state?

[Feuille] Yes, and this is the reason why we have to do a lot of thinking before making a choice.

[Numa] Maybe, this would be more evident if Preval was still in power and was organizing an election for Aristide. But do you think you can hasten to make such an assertion? Do you not think that it is maybe an electioneering speech?

[Feuille] Anyway, people can see things their own way. But the political parties were involved in the voter registration process for about 10 weeks and only managed to register less than 400,000 people. But after 15 July, when we invited everybody to register, the number has gone up since then. [passage omitted]

“Transparency, justice and participation”

[Numa] There is one question I would like to ask you, Yvon Feuille. The

slogan of the Lavalas party used to be transparency, justice and participation. We all know what things were like at the judicial level.

And as far transparency was concerned, things were even worse. I am not

sure too sure about participation, though. But what will be your slogan

now in this new Lavalas party?

[Feuille] Actually, we have got to do a self-criticism to make an assessment to find out what we did that was negative and should not be repeated and to capitalize on the positive things that we did. I think that justice and transparency are still a necessity, no matter what happened. [passage omitted ]

[Numa] Finally, I would like you to tell us, because the nation is listening now, which one of you in the Lavalas party has actually spoken with Aristide.

[Feuille] This is not something that I can talk about publicly, because

this was never made public.

[Numa] I know, but I would like you to tell us who has spoken on the phone with Aristide personally?

[Feuille] I do not want to say who they are for several reasons, because I do not want to put people’s life in danger.

[Numa] Have some people really spoken with him?

[Feuille] Yes, but I do not want to say who they are.

[Numa] Does Yvon Feuille talk to him sometimes?

[Feuille] I do not want to answer this personal question, Valery. This is my business.

[Numa] Thank you, Yvon Feuille, and have a good day.

[Feuille] Thank you very much.

Source: Radio Vision 2000, Port-au-Prince, in French 1030 gmt 19 Aug 05

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Former Senator Louis GÈrald Gilles sees no reason why Fanmi Lavalas could not support Father Jean-Juste as presidential candidate

Port-au-Prince, August 22, 2005 (AHP)- Former Lavalas Senator Louis GÈrald Gilles said Monday that the Fanmi Lavalas Political organization would not see any drawbacks to the idea of supporting Father GÈrard Jean-Juste as the party’s candidate for president.

In an interview over Radio SolidaritÈ, Louis GÈrald Gilles said that Father GÈrard Jean-Juste is a key element in the mobilization, the support and the battle for the existence of the organization and the Haitian people.

“He is a man who has rendered enormous services to the Haitian people”, said the former Senator.

However, Mr. Gilles considered that the participation of Fanmi Lavalas in the next elections is hypothetical if the interim authorities do not release all the political prisoners.

Fanmi Lavalas has potential candidates who are in prison, he emphasized.

Several dozen leaders, high-ranking officials and activists of Fanmi Lavalas have been incarcerated without formal charges since the accession to power of the interim government in March 2004, while many others have been forced into exile.

Among these detainees are notably former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune, former Interior Minister Jocelerme Privert, the popular singer/performer and political activist Annette Auguste, former government delegate in the South Department, Jacques Mathelier, and Father GÈrard Jean-Juste

Louis GÈrald Gilles said that even if the party has registered with the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), its leaders who are still free continue to require that a series of demands be met before it will participate in the elections announced for the end of this year.

Voter registration offices must also be set up in the populist districts and in the communal sections of the republic to enable the inhabitants of these areas to register, he stressed.

Louis GÈrald Gilles asked those in charge of the CEP to encourage the establishment of voter registration offices in these areas in order to prevent the elections from being disputed.

When asked whether the senior Fanmi Lavalas officials in Haiti have received a mandate to act in the name of the party with regard to the next elections, the former Senator declared that a consensus will soon be reached between the directorate of the organization in Haiti and its counterpart outside the country in order to save the Haitian people and the achievements that have been made since December 16, 1990.

AHP August 22, 2005 2:15 PM

Fanmi Lavalas base cells of reflection are calling for the departure of the interim government and the formation of a government of national unity

Port-au-Prince, August 22, 2005 (AHP)- Grassroots cells of reflection of the Fanmi Lavalas party called Monday for the departure of the Latortue government and for the formation of a government of national union as a means toward resolving the crisis.

The spokesperson for Lavalas activists in CitÈ Soleil, RenÈ Monplaisir, who read aloud the text of a resolution relating to this question, also called for the release of all political prisoners and the return of all political exiles.

RenÈ Monplaisir announced plans for a peaceful demonstration on Thursday August 25 to demand that the interim authorities take into consideration the demands of the masses.

He also made public a list of Haitians selected as candidates to run in the elections scheduled for the end of this year.

Mr. Monplaisir cited Father GÈrard Jean-Juste as candidate for president and Annette Auguste along with Jacques Mathelier as candidates for the Senate.

AHP August 22, 2005 11:45 PM

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www.margueritelaurent.com/photogallery/haitisolidarityday.html and, www.margueritelaurent.com/solidarityday/infoforsponsors.html

Help stop the slaughter in Cite Soleil, Bel Air, Solino and throughout Haiti, now. Learn more:”Bandit King of Site Soley” www.margueritelaurent.com/campaigns/campaignone/presswork/interviewdread. html

Eyewitnesses Describe Massacre by UN Troops on Haitian people, July 6, 2005 | Community Leader, Dread Wilmer reported killed: www.margueritelaurent.com/pressclips/unslaughter.html

There’s no time to waste. All the nationalities are down there in Haiti, in the form of UN troops, quietly liquidating young Black brothers who will not accept the recolonization of Haiti and return of the bloody Haitian bourgeiosie and army back to power.

Even after death, our indignities and sufferings don’t stop, because their families can’t afford to bury them and their bodies are just dumped in mass graves, left to rot in the streets or morgue: www.margueritelaurent.com/solidarityday/pictures/orel_01.html * See, Death Regimes tries for “a second December 5th, 2004" attempting to leverage the sad death of Jacques Roche to criminalize Lavalas, which makes up the masses of the peoples in Haiti, and spread more untruths at: www.margueritelaurent.com/pressclips/rocheused.html *

See, Open Letter to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from New York Haitians www.margueritelaurent.com/pressclips/lulaletter.html

* See also: No Voters, No Problem – HAITI: ELECTIONS IN A CEMETERY (Text of Radio BC audio commentary) www.blackcommentator.com/radio_bc/071505/071505_radio_bc_text.html

(Audio Radio BC commentary) www.blackcommentator.com/radio_bc/index.html *

Outsiders plan Haitian elections: No voters? No problem by Sue Ashdown | Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom | SFBayview, June 29, 2005 www.sfbayview.com/062905/haitianelections062905.shtml *

Video: The Truth Behind the Haiti Coup www.freespeech.org/fscm2/contentviewer.php?content_id=856

* Amnesty International human rights report (in Kreyol and English) on Haiti: Disarmament delayed, justice denied – July 28, 2005 www.margueritelaurent.com/campaigns/camp
aignone/human_rights_reports/AAjusticedenied.html or, web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR360052005

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Urgent Action Requested

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Amnesty International designates Father Gerald Jean-Juste as a prisoner of conscience. Calls for internations action to secure his immediate release www.margueritelaurent.com/campaigns/
campaignone/presswork/freejeanjuste.html

DEMAND IMMEDIATE RELEASE of Father Gerald Jean-Juste. International pressureis needed on the US, the Haitian Minister of Justice and the UN. For their addresses and how Fr. Jean-Juste was attacked at church and arrested.

Click here to also take further action: action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/Jean_Juste

Free Jean Juste – www.haitiaction.net/News/HAC/7_21_5.html

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HLLN Statement – Open Letter Demanding a Stop to UN slaughter of Haitian civilians in Site soleil, Haiti, July 21, 2005 www.margueritelaurent.com/pressclips/openletter.html

DENOUNCE THE SLAUGHTER OF HAITIAN CIVILIANS BY UN TROOPS IN HAITI, EVEN OF PREGNANT WOMEN AND 1, 2, 4 and 5-year old toddlers. Demand stop to killings of Haitian civilians in Haiti by UN troops. Please send appeals immediately www.margueritelaurent.com/campaigns/campaignone/presswork/protect.html