"...I do not like make accusations that I'm not sure Why the carnival in Les Cayes ? Because there is a large-scale money laundering, which is made in Les Cayes, the agent comes by boat, cash [...] why they [the government] makes the carnival in Les Cayes ? This is because of that ! That is not decentralization! [...] Since I was a teenager, I did not go to the Carnival, this is not something that... I was watching the floats. I lived four years in Trinidad, there, it's a 'bèl ti bagay' it is the creativity, is the beauty, this does not prevent people dance and drink, but there are ideas... I do not know the Rio Carnival but people who know both carnivals say that unfortunately there is not enough promotion for the Carnival of Trinidad.
I am not against a Carnival of this type, however, one thing that I notice is that we have decided to do it in Les Cayes, why not in the Gonaïves or in Cap Haitien why Les Cayes ? Does Les Cayes have an infrastructure to organize in such a short time the Carnival ? Above all, what is most important to me is the degree of dissatisfaction of the people of Port-au-Prince..."
Reacting strongly to the accusations, Jean Gabriel Fortuné, the Departmental Delegate of South requires that Mrs. Manigat deny her statement "...I'm surprised really that a personality like Mrs. Manigat, who is respected in the country, makes a sensational statement, but also misleading.
For the truth, I tell you that the Government Martelly-Conille has not yet spend any money in Les Cayes within the framework of Carnival, there are preparations that are made, we make them on credit, it is at the expense of Fortuné they are made [...] works are carried out in collaboration with the traders of the city of Les Cayes [...] so we ask to Mrs. Manigat, to deny the statement that she made [...]
If it was this kind of money, Fortuné would not be in there, because it is me who has the habit to denounce this kind of thing for 15 years in the country. So far, the Carnival Committee has not received any money and the funds we have constituted, we have constituted them from loan we made with traders, ranging from 20.000 to 200.000 gourdes, and even that money is not spent, because the committee is not yet fully structured..."
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After I read this article, I'm not really surprised, because I don't expect any positive critics from mrs Manigat. Thinking about how oponents are always acting in Haiti, the way her husband took the power in 1995, and the way she acted after lost the election, those are enoungh to qualify her the enemy of Haiti, opportinist, evil, and aristocrat, all we can expect: passionate critic, or that kind of fallacies. if she at least called the president to wish him her compliments, I would say she is an educated person or an intellectual. i didn't see her kindness. we don't need that kind of critics now. we need a together to bring Haiti in another level.you could be oponents, but, please, don't go against Haiti. I know, when the country is in conflict is good for you. Is it time to stop? Think twice by priotizing the ethical moral of the situation. You pretend all defending the constitution and you all hide under it to destroy Haiti. Haitian politicians are patrots only when their interests has been threatened.
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