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P-au-P, July 12, 2024 (AlterPresse) – For weeks, the members of the Presidential Transition Council (Cpt) and the Transitional Government of Gary Cornell have not stopped increasing the number of meetings in all directions, without online bodies, AlterPresse points out, to take real and concrete actions to meet the needs of people facing a serious security, humanitarian and economic crisis.
Presidential advisor, economist Fritz Alphonse Jean, said he spoke with Petricks Justin, general manager of the National Industrial Park Company (Sonapi), and Taeksu Nam, director of the Hansae Haiti SA factory, during his visit to the above-mentioned companies on Thursday, July 11, 2024.
Hansae Haiti SA employs more than 3,000 workers in the textile industry and will be one of the largest companies subcontracting to Sonapi.
According to available information, the discussions between Fritz Alphonse Jean and Petrix Justin focused on the situation of factory workers, the security situation around Sonapy and the measures envisaged by the transitional government to secure existing jobs and attract new ones to the country.
The presidential transition committee is going in circles
Since his The Presidential Transition Council was officially inaugurated on Thursday, April 25, 2024 at the National Palace and consists of 9 members (7 voting, 1 observer and 1as if skating.
No social programs have been implemented to address the suffering of the people Thousands of displaced people (more than 600,000 since 2023) require urgent humanitarian assistanceto the most marginalized and poorest sectors.
So far, the Communist Party and the government have not clearly spelled out how they intend to help the Haitian people, especially the most vulnerable in working-class communities, which are often the victims of brutality by armed gangs.
As the multidimensional crisis worsened with severe consequences for the textile industry, many workers, often from these poor communities, lost their jobs.
As a result of the loss of their regular sources of income, a large number of families already engaged in various informal activities, as well as many agricultural economic agents, found themselves completely deprived of capital, having had their investments and business funds looted/plundered by armed gangs operating in Haitian territory.
In a note published in June 2024, the CPT was questioned about the disastrous situation of Haitian workers and others, including: organize Antenna Operator Talk about more than 20,000 workers being arbitrarily firedthey are not entitled to legal benefits, which violates legal requirements.
Commitment to support measures for businesses severely affected by the current crisis
Fritz Alphonse Jean, during a visit to the Industrial Development Fund (FDI), Thursday, July 12, 2024, spoke with the director general of the institution, Edouard Clément, who insisted on FDI’s commitment to working with the authorities to correct the difficult economic situation in Haiti.
The advisor-president acknowledged the disastrous situation facing investors and pledged that the CPT would work to restore order and security so that everyone can invest in the country without fear.
On Wednesday, July 10, 2024, Fritz Alphonse Jean spoke to the Board of Directors of the Banque de la République de Haiti (Brh), or the Central Bank, on, among other issues, the monetary and financial situation.
Jean announced that changes will soon take place on the board of directors of Banque Nationale de Credit (Bnc).
Despite Haiti’s gloomy economic situation, CPT remains optimistic
Even if commercial banks encounter difficulties in the credit system, in this context of crisis, the country’s financial system has sufficient capacity to resist…, said Fritz Alphonse Jean during his visit to Brh.
However, the Central Bank of Haiti warned in a monetary policy note covering the period from October to March 2023 that economic activity continues to be affected by the socio-political situation, which has paralyzed the normal functioning of the production system in almost all sectors in Haiti.
At the same time, the Bundesbank has asked commercial banks to grant repayment moratoriums until September 2024 to all those who have been hit hard by the current situation and not to require the payment of penalties for the accumulated delayed repayments of the loans obtained.
Ihsi report says Haiti’s economy is shrinking
“The Short-term Indicators of Economic Activity (Icae) for the first quarter of the 2023-2024 fiscal year, released by the Haitian Institute of Statistics and Information (Ihsi), show a clear economic contraction.”
Brh noted that the index showed poor performance in major economic sectors, with the overall index falling by 3.8%.
Haiti often suffers from public electricity shortages
The Presidential Transition Council visited the Electricite de Haiti (Ed’H), including the power station at Delmas 33, and acknowledged that the unavailability of public electricity (blackouts) hinders development.
Jean Errol, general manager of the Haitian Electricity Company (Ed’h), said the company needs 300 megawatts of electricity to power the metropolitan area of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
The Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications (Mtptc), which oversees Ed’H, has been asked to identify Ed’h’s problems so as to provide quick solutions.
For months and even years, several communities in the metropolitan area of the capital, Port-au-Prince, were no longer supplied with public electricity by Ed’H, which was often the victim of acts of vandalism.
Ed’h condemned in a statement dated March 8, 2024, that armed groups destroyed or disabled four substations in the metropolitan area of the capital Port-au-Prince, as well as the Varreux power plant (City Soleil), in early March 2024. Press release dated March 8, 2024.
“Important documents, electrical installations, cables, inverters, batteries as well as computers and office equipment were taken away by these thugs.”
And. Leslie Voltaire, consultant and president, talks with Daniel Rouzier, chairman of the board of directors of private company E-power, during a visit to the agency on Wednesday, July 9, 2024.
Epower supplies Edh with 30 MW, while today the region will have 33 MW coming from Péligre (Massée-Central) and the Vareux terminal, ie only 63 MW in total.
Gary Cornell’s discussions with various donors
Accompanied by government ministers, Transitional Prime Minister Garry Conille will take office on Wednesday, June 12, 2024This week he met with representatives of the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, “Ecuadorean” María Isabel Salvador.
The purpose of these exchanges was to share the priorities envisioned by the transition team in order to encourage an appropriate strengthening of international support for Haiti.
Conille also held discussions with delegates on Tuesday, July 9, 2024
There are several organizations in Haiti protesting the sector, with different specifications of trade union organizations.
Particularly emotional are the textile industry workers, businessmen, clerks and thousands of displaced persons, victims of terror and other violence by armed groups, especially in the metropolitan area of the capital, Port-au-Prince. (emb rc 2024-04-07 12:24)
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