Haiti Action Committee is honored to share this most recent statement from Fanmi Lavalas Political Organization, the people’s party of Haiti. In this statement, Fanmi Lavalas outlines the horrific conditions facing Haitians today. And they sharply criticize the Transitional Presidential Council and government of Haiti for their failures to address the vital issues of security, corruption and the health and welfare of the population. The statement was issued to commemorate Haiti’s first democratic election on December 16, 1990, in which Jean-Bertrand Aristide was voted president. We urge you to read this statement and share it widely.

Fanmi Lavalas, December 12, 2024 

Fanmi Lavalas offers our deepest sympathies to the families of the victims who are now in mourning and despair over the recent massacres perpetrated by the bandits in Wharf Jeremi during the evening of December 6th through the 7th and in Ti Rivye Latibonit on Tuesday December 10th. 

Eight months after the installation of the Transition Council, the truth speaks for itself: After the obvious failure of the first Transition government, in line with the population, Fanmi Lavalas has observed how the Transition Presidential Council (KPT in Kreyol) and this government continue to be a failure. They have failed because the insecurity has become worse. Massacre after massacre, kidnapping, corruption, misery and the high cost of living are causing everyone to live with the highest level of anxiety.  

Eight months after the installation of the Council, the Accord of April 3rd, the roadmap which is the foundation of the transition, has never been published. The promises made by the KPT and the government to bring changes to the structures of the state, such as the autonomous general administration agencies, and the local administration in order to bring services to the population, have never been fulfilled. Promises have turned to despair. 

While there are more than 6 million people living with hunger, and 1 million people forced to flee their homes living in the streets, the KPT and the government have shown that they have neither the empathy nor the capability to respond to the urgent needs of the population.

The recent massacres in Wharf Jeremi and Ti Rivye Latibonit have shown that the KPT and the government do not have the capability and willingness to address these problems.

While they are installing their friends as government cabinet appointees, all attempts to reinforce state structures such as the Council on National Security and a Secretary for Public Safety to focus on the issue of Security have been blocked, even though security is the highest priority of the Haitian people.

Too much blood has been shed!

Fanmi Lavalas declares that it will never accept that bandits are massacring the people’s children while it has a presence in the KPT.

Fanmi Lavalas will not agree to a little group enjoying government privileges while sacrificing the lives of 12 millions of our sisters and brothers who end up with nothing while suffering in a country that has become a hell on earth. 

Fanmi Lavalas will not agree to close its eyes to insecurity, corruption and bad governance while it has a presence in the KPT.

Fanmi Lavalas is refusing to accept the Transition, wanted by the Haitian people, going from bad to worse while it has a presence in the KPT.

Fanmi Lavalas Political Organization, which has always remained loyal to the ideals of December 16, 1990, has decided not to support the bad course of action that the KPT is following in this Transition. In the face of this obvious failure, if they are incapable, they must admit that they are incapable.

The reason that Fanmi Lavalas made the decision to participate in this Transition was for everyone to come together to restore security, to deal with the high cost of living and challenge corruption, and to create the conditions to put the country back on track toward democracy with free and fair elections. 

When Fanmi Lavalas decided to participate in this Transition, it was to put an end to exclusion, impunity, and for everyone to have justice, transparency and participation.  

Alone we are weak, Together we are strong, All Together We Are Lavalas 

For the Executive Committee of Fanmi Lavalas

Dr. Maryse Narcisse

Mr. Joel-Edouard Vorbe   

Agr. Anthony Dessources

Dr. Jean Myrtho Julien