Défense

Haïti-Police-Strike: mesures disciplinaires prévues contre les grévistes

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haïti (defend.ht) - Le ministre de la Justice et de la Sécurité publique, Michel Brunache, et le Directeur général de la Police nationale d'Haïti, Mario Andrésol (photo), a évoqué la possibilité de sanctionner la grève de la police de 23 avril dans le cadre des principes de l'éthique.

Michel Brunache told the press that "if police officers were involved in the troubles of Monday, I regret I'll have to take disciplinary action against them."

The Minister of Justice resigned “assured his support to the High Command of the National Police for all legal and regulatory measures to return to calm" in a note dated April 23.

The Director General of the National Police of Haiti, Mario Andresol, for his part, disagreed the strike of his troops who mourn one of their comrades killed.

"We will not accept any deviant behavior," insisted the chief executive of the National Police of Haiti outraged by the strike Monday of the various units of the police institution. Law and internal regulations governing the Police force, he said, do not allow the strike and protest. "It is not the right way to do things. I want the police to get back to work," commented Andrésol who returns to office after several months of convalescence from a surgery.

Some sectors that Mario Andresol has not indexed would be behind the movement of police causing a confusing situation in the country. "This is how the Armed Forces of Haiti had been dismantled. They have been infiltrated by the manipulators, "said the former officer of disbanded army.

A group of police officers observed a work stoppage throughout the day April 23 in protest against the assassination of their colleague Walky Calixte killed while driving his car on the road to Martissant April 17, 2012.

Brothers in arms and the victim's relatives suspect the Deputy Sejour Rodriguez of masterminding the crime.

In a press note, the MP presented his sympathies to the bereaved relatives of the police and says that he is involved in this case.

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