Listen U.S. Embassy: it's the will of the people to annul the
November 28 farce, end the UN occupation, prioritize investing Haiti's
life-force and resources and any reconstruction funds in water
treatment plants, sanitation treatment plants, sustainable housing,
domestic agriculture and manufacturing, public works jobs, indigenous
schooling and basic infrastructure. If this had been done in the first
place, cholera would not have erupted. Instead, you foreigners
prioritized your own interests in Haiti. Discounted the will of the
people. Forced upon Haiti as "development" and "for our own good" your
elections, your promises of aid that never, ever gets to Haiti, your
self-serving US sweatshops, your UN soldiers replacing the traditional
role of the bloody Haitian army and policies like privatization.
With
all the funding given, water treatment and sanitation infrastructure
should have been the first precaution. Now we must also stop the
outbreak and clearly get UN accountability as the source of the
cholera, get an apology of substance with wrongful death justice and
restitution made. That's the will of the people.
Ezili Dantà ²
President, Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network
Ezili Dantà ²
Human Rights lawyer Ezili Dantà ² is dedicated to correcting the media lies and colonial narratives about Haiti. A writer, performance poet and lawyer, Ezili Dantà ² is founder and president of the Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network (HLLN). Learn more at the website at: ezilidanto.com. For updates, join the Ezili HLLN Listserve.(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
