Gressier : Pillage and fire of the Town Hall

On Thursday, individuals ransacked several offices of the town hall of Gressier and threw on the roadway documents found inside before set fires to the offices of the town hall and also to several vehicles parked on the courtyard.

PNH : Arrests and seizures of weapons

The National Police of Haiti proceeded to the arrest in Mariani of an individual (Lucien Dior) and seized a pistol Smith and Wesson of caliber 9 millimeters. Two other individuals (Désir Fredy-Son and Marc Orel Jambon) who were riding a motorcycle were arrested at the Tabarre market, each with a 9mm pistol

Evans Paul remains committed to the dialogue

One of the four resigners of the Presidential Commission for Dialogue https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29025-haiti-flash-resignations-of-4-of-the-7-members-of-the-presidential-commission-of-dialogue.html Former Prime Minister Evans Paul asserts, "I remain firmly committed to the spirit of sincere dialogue. The complexity of the situation requires a patriotic surge of one and the other, with a view to a political compromise to get out of the crisis."

The opposition mobilizes less but paralyzes so much

Thursday Port-au-Prince woke up Thursday with many barricades of burning tires, roadblocks and intentional fires at the start of another day of mobilization convened by opposition groups against President Jovenel Moïse who paralyzed or disturbed strongly all activities. A call that mobilized little more than a thousand protesters very far tens of thousands of previous weeks, visibly after 5 weeks of mobilization the protesters are tired...

213th anniversary of the death of Dessalines

Amos Zephirin, Director General of the Ministry of the Interior

"On this memorable day of October 17, we must reflect carefully on the profound meaning of the legacy bequeathed by Jean Jacques Dessalines, the Father of Haitian independence and to walk in his steps, challenging this system, a real obstacle to our development. I associate myself with the deep respect and homage expressed on 17 October by the Head of State in memory of the Founding Father of the Nation and I salute his will to fiercely fight this system which, for too long, has deprived the majority of the nation's children of everything."

Bocchit Edmond, Minister of Foreign Affairs

"odi a 17 oktob 2019 pandan nap salye Memwa Papa Desalin, 213 Lane aprè lanmò li, se moman pou nou chèche antan n nou youn ak lot pou nou fè rev gwo Jeneral sa viv pou yon lot Ayiti san fòs kote. Viv Pap Desalin viv Tet ansan m;"

See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29027-haiti-social-213th-anniversary-of-the-assassination-of-emperor-jean-jacques-dessalines.html

The Tropicana Orchestra in French Guiana

The Tropicana Orchestra of Haiti is in French Guiana on the occasion of its 55th birthday and was warmly received at the airport by the team of the Consulate General of Haiti. The Consul General of Haiti in Guyana took the opportunity to thank the Orchestra for their contribution in promoting Haitian culture in the country and throughout the world.

HL/ HaitiLibre