Legislative

Arnel Bélizaire Invited to Washington D.C. to Meet with Congress

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - On Wednesday, Deputy Arnel Bélizaire (Delmas & Tabarre/Veye-Yo) left the territory on route to Washington, D.C. to respond to an invitation from the United States Congress.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - On Wednesday, Deputy Arnel Bélizaire (Delmas & Tabarre/Veye-Yo) left the territory on route to Washington, D.C. to respond to an invitation from the United States Congress.

According to the Lower House's office, Deputy Bélizaire will be accompanied by a delegation of deputies who will be in the U.S. from November 16th to the 22nd, on the invitation of U.S. lawmakers. This trip will also include hearings in the U.S. Houses of Congress and with legislative committees.

Deputy Bélizaire said in a communication that his "priorities for the trip is to find suitable housing for the Haitian population that is still living under tents", the member of parliament added that an army is not his priority right now but solving the living conditions of the population is.

Arnel Bélizaire is currently at the center of a political crisis following the arbitrary arrest of the deputy, while still under parliamentary immunity, on October 27.

President Michel Martelly, currently on a trip to Cuba downplayed the political circumstances not recognizing it as a crisis but an opportunity for the three powers, executive, legislative and judicial to "put their heads together and work together."

The executive branch of government has been under fire following an altercation between President Martelly and Deputy Bélizaire at the National Palace.

An interpellation of members of government involved in the arrest of the deputy is expected on November 22nd by the Senate. Deputies are out of session until January 2012.