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Edition Electronique |
Vol. 10 • No. 26 •
Du 4 Jan au
10 Jan 2017 |
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Vol. 8 • No. 38 • Du 1 au 7
Avril 2015 |
Manigat, Madistin seek MOPOD nomination for President of Haiti
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by Samuel Maxime, The Sentinel |
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 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (sentinel.ht) - The political
coalition turned party, Popular Patriotic Dessalinien
Movement (MOPOD), saw two heavyweights ask for its
nomination for President of the Republic of Haiti. On
Mar. 25, newcomer Samuel Madistin announced his
intention to seek the party’s nomination, while on Mar.
27, it was former First Lady Mirlande H. Manigat.For Samuel Madistin, a lawyer who
has been on the front-lines of public advocacy in the
face of the Martelly regime’s numerous attacks against
human rights, press freedom, and democracy, his
announced intention to run for President came as a
surprise to many. Possibly aware of this, Madistin’s
announcement came with a 944-word open letter to MOPOD
that described his purpose and program for Haiti.
First Lady Manigat merely announced
her intention to engage in the primaries and was light
in outlining purpose, program, or ideology on Mar. 27,
but said “MOPOD would not be about slogans but about
real programs."
Nonetheless, much of Manigat's
program can be guessed if she were to become President.
With a long political presence on the national scene,
enough is known about the 2010 presidential candidate
who amassed the most votes in the first round of the
2010 elections, but was subsequently beat out in a 2011
run-off election mired in scandal due to international
meddling, resulting in the lowest participation in
Haitian history and the rise to power of Michel
Martelly.
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 Elections that bode ill for the Haitian people!
It is hard to imagine a greater contrast than that which is evident in Haiti today. On one hand, we can see the triumphant posturing of the de facto tandem of President Michel Martelly and his new Prime Minister Evans Paul. On the other hand, we witness the pusillanimity of the so-called opposition under the leadership of MOPOD (Patriotic Movement of the Democratic Opposition),... |
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Vol. 8 • No. 37 • Du 25 au 31 Mars 2015 |
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MOPOD
aims to consolidate on Dessalinien ideals
On Mar. 27, there was also
a meeting of several dozen MOPOD members where
the organization’s finalized emblem and
commissions for mobilization were presented. As
well, a commission for "MOPODiste" young
revolutionaries was established with the purpose
of civil service and outreach.
Former Sen. Turneb Delpé
said the coalition's emblem would be the colors
of the popular sector – green, yellow and red –
and would incorporate three heads to symbolize
national unity. Delpé warned, "up until now,
this [coalition] is an alliance, not yet a
fusion, but what makes this alliance differ from
all others is that other alliances have been
made on the basis of a simple program or people
just looking to work together; this alliance is
based on a shared ideology."
Delpé continued, "despite
all the social ideologies which exist between
the MOPOD parties, those who consider themselves
'liberalist', those who consider themselves
'Christian democrats', those who consider
themselves 'socialists', and those who consider
themselves 'nationalists', all understand that
if there is a liberalist, nationalist, that has
lived in this world, his name was Jean-Jacques
Dessalines... and no matter the divergences
within the parties here, they all qualify
themselves with this [Dessalinien] ideology."
First Lady Mirlande Manigat
spoke in that same sense for the coalition's
members saying, "whether it is just us two
[primary contestants Manigat and Madistin], or
others may come, there won't be fighting. There
won't be the pulling of revolvers, there won't
be ugly and dirty talk, because inside MOPOD,
there is an engagement we have taken once and
for all that once the choice is made, all will
come together and back the person chosen by
MOPOD."
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