Presidencial

A Constituição do Haiti será publicado em junho, diz Jura

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - No 360 º dia, sem a Constituição do Haiti publicado na revista do país, Le Moniteur, o Palácio Nacional de Secretário de Imprensa, Lucien Jura, disse que o Chefe de Estado, Michel Martelly, pretende publicar a Constituição do Haiti, em nenhum momento especificado no mês de junho.

Lucien Jura made the announcement on Tuesday saying that there would be no more discussions on the matter of publishing the Constitution, amended in May 2011 by the Haitian legislature, and that the document would be published in June.

This is not the first time that President Martelly has expressed his willingness to publish the Constitution and it is not the first time that a time frame for the document’s publication has been given. On one such occasion in December 2011, the Head of State promised to members of the government, civil society and the international community that the Constitution would finally be published before the end of that year.

The Constitution of Haiti was amended in a two year process initiated in 2009 by former President Rene Préval. Two legislatures met in two sessions that made quorum and voted by a two-thirds majority to amend the Constitution of Haiti.

The newly amended Constitution was published on May 13 and went into effect at the time the new President, Michel Martelly was inaugurated.

On June 5th, President Martelly declared the published Constitution of Haiti to not be in accord with what was voted by members of parliament and issued a controversial executive order to withhold the published Constitution; very controversial because an Executive Order cannot have power over the Constitution.

A version of the Constitution that is in accord with what was voted by lawmakers was produced using audio and video recordings from the legislative sessions. This version is what awaits to be published.