Martelly goes on the offensive

In two-day tour in the Southeast, the President Martelly went on the offensive against the parliamentarians who are opposed to his Prime Minister-designate, Me Bernard Gousse. The Head of State urged the elected from the Group of 16 and the other parliamentarians who are opposed to the ratification of the Prime Minister, to end their maneuvers, inviting them to ratify his choice and to work with Bernard Gousse.

In Jacmel, Senator Edwin Zenny [dissident of INITE], who accompanied the Head of State, strongly attacked his colleagues, accusing them of wasting the money of the state and to want to condition the the ratification of the Prime Minister to negotiations based on personal interests.

Going in the same direction, the President Martelly, raising his voice, has reminded to the Senators and Deputies that it’s him who provides their pay monthly “…Even if there is no government, I am paid, parliamentarians are paid, Mr. Gousse does not receive salary but all parliamentarians receive, […] the population that expects the work, development, projects, do not touch, on the contrary […]”

Taking stock of the ratification process, the President Martelly has shown a cautious optimism, saying felt an improving trend in favor of his Prime Minister “I have designated Mr. Gousse so that he receives a favorable vote, that’s a step. I can say that it is difficult, but I can also say that after the work that is done, I feel an improving trend. Initially […] when Mr. Gousse appeared, the percentage was 80% against him, now the figure is 50%. We work, we continue the consultations, we have a Commission that works, we continue to meet with the different parliamentarians, we reassure them. This is not a problem of people angry against each other that there is, It is a problem lack of confidence. It is necessary to put people in confidence so that they accept, make consensus… so that they say well the President made a lot of effort to have our confidence, so we are working with him…”

Friday the Senators and Francky Exius and Evallière Beauplan, members of the Group of 16 have again reacted to the rumors about the new dissolution of Parliament, rumors that they attribute the origin to close advisors of the President. They warn the Head of State against the consequences and the chaos that could result from such an attempt that they consider unconstitutional. “If the President Martelly tries today to dissolve the parliament, he would lead to his own fall 24 hours later” has warned the Senator Beauplan who is back in the Lavalas party after took away from the latter…