Legislative
Jean-Charles Unperturbed by President Commission, Believes Martelly Called Arrest of Belizaire
- Thursday, November 10, 2011 4:43 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Senator Moïse Jean-Charles (Nord/Inite) did not care to comment on President Michel Martelly's commission to inquire on the circumstances that led to the arrest of Deputy Arnel Bélizaire (Delmas & Tabarre/Veye-Yo). In fact, the senator continues to believe the president is solely responsible for the arrest.
Asked by a journalist, his thoughts on President Martelly's commission which was called for upon the president's return from the United States, November 3rd, the senator of the North Department said:
"I don't think we have a problem with this. This is because the senate has to do its work and at the same time the government has to do its work to determine who has to take responsibility and to see if they can confront them."
"It's true the parliament has the initiative to interview everyone involved to impeach them but if the government, also, wants to take its own responsibility to impeach people in its government that are implicated in what happened here, we will wish 'good luck' to them."
"There are three powers they can all make inquiries even though we know that what happened came out from the side of the presidency, who know's exactly what is going on. It is President Martelly, since the beginning, who has been implicated in this question, and everyone is trying to put that to the side, but for me I am not scared to say that it is President Martelly who is responsible for what happened here."
The journalist did ask Senator Jean-Charles if he believed that there would officials who ultimately become impeached after the cases have concluded, to which the senator replied:
"If no one gets impeached I don't think it will be good for the country. No."
"And as for me, I will refrain it much louder, for you, to tell you, the person who merits impeachment is President Martelly."
"President Martelly already said he would be maniacal, and it's because he had an altercation with the deputy."
"It's him who called the arrest. He already called for it before he left and it was when he returned to the country that he disengaged himself from it."
"All though he disengaged himself from it with his mouth, the act had already been committed."
Senator Moïse Jean-Charles is one of four senators that protested by walking out of a November 5 senate session when it was clear that other senators wanted to postpone the interpellation meeting, which is now to be held on November 15.
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