Senator John Kerry's office denied the allegation made by the Haitian senators
By: Jacques Dady Jean, Boston: Jan, 24,12
Boston, MA- Last week, a commission of Haiti's senators claimed that U.S. Senator John Kerry pledged to collaborate in the investigation of the possibility of President Martelly's double citizenship. In Boston, Haitian and American pro-Martelly activists assailed the senator's office with emails and phone calls.
"We have not received any request from Haitian legislators relative to an inquiry on the double nationality of the Haitian president. If they make that request, I will remind them that Haiti is a sovereign nation, and the United States Senate has no jurisdiction on Haiti affairs," said U.S. Senator John Kerry.
This is a clear and bold response from U.S. Senator John Kerry's office in a letter to a group of Haitian and American voters who contacted the Senator about an article published in radiokiskeya.com that suggests Senator John Kerry pledged to collaborate with a group of Haitian legislators who are seeking to impeach President Michel Martelly due to allegations that President Martelly is a US citizen. Senator Kerry relayed his hope that Haitians focus their effort on reconstruction and job creation to ameliorate the social and economic condition of the Haitian people.
The world leaders have taken notice of the extraordinary performance of Haiti's new president. Former President Bill Clinton said: "Haiti would be better off if we had a leader like Michel Martelly since the earthquake."
Michel Martelly is a go-getter. He is passionate about the welfare of the Haitian people. Now, in Port-au-Prince, it's not politics as usual, government officials have to walk the talk. The President has an 80% approval score in the latest online survey run by Mattapan Tech and jeunehaiti.com.
"Michel Martelly can be easy compared to Luis Inacio Lula DA Silva," said Dr. Carrington Brook of the First Congregational Church of Boston who recently visited Haiti. Da Silva is the former president of Brazil, he was a blue collar union worker. He came into power in the midst of an economic crisis and he turned the Brazilian economy around and made Brazil a well regarded, attractive economy to investors world-wide.
Meanwhile, in Port-au-Prince, the President proposed to double the number of rural households that receive electricity within two years by offering people small loans to buy solar panels. He made this announcement while unveiling a national energy program with a $45 million price tag to make electricity affordable to thousands of people in the remote regions of Haiti.
The government seeks to offer access to credit for rural Haitians by offering loans to purchase small solar panel that could produce enough electricity for household use. The President also promised to repair the lighting system in the neighborhood of Cite Soley, Martissant and Carrefour. Martelly's energy program will also generate an estimated 1,500 jobs.
The Haitian president insisted that no development will be possible without roads, electrical, Internet and network communication infrastructure. Martelly unveiled his energy plan amid the vicious tactics of a group of corrupted senators spoiled by the leaders of the Haitian/ Columbian drug cartel who are trying to find a formula to impeach him. These senators are looking to create turmoil and instability in Haiti so the drug lords can place their friends in key positions in government to allow Haiti to continue to be a drug transit to the United States.
According to a source close to Haiti's most dangerous drug cartel, who asked Jeune Haiti not to publish his name for the safety of his family, Haitian Senator Moise Jean Charles received a million US dollars from a Columbian Narco-Elite to destabilize the new government and prominent foreign diplomats are timidly involved in that shameful scheme.
Many volunteers who left Boston, New York and Miami to help President Martelly in the fight against corruption, kidnapping and drug trafficking in Haiti are the first witnesses of the consequence of drug abuse in our communities. Innocent young children from all ethnic backgrounds and social classes lose their opportunity to become valuable citizens due to their addiction to cocaine because of greedy citizens like Senator Jean Charles and his benefactors in the illicit drug industry.
Next week, the ministers of the United Christian Fellowship Urban Ministries will ask the Massachusetts Attorney General to take a warrant against Moise Jean Charles that will allow law enforcement officers to arrest him if he is found in Massachusetts. Hopefully, Haitians in other major American cities will do the same.
A few hours after President Martelly presented his energy program for Haiti, US Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts said: "President Martelly has done so much in a few months, there is finally hope for Haiti." The Senator continued to say: "It is irresponsible for any Haitian elected official to consider any policy aimed at destabilizing the efforts of a democratically elected leader who focuses on the amelioration of the life condition of the Haitian people."
According to the Associated Press, the need for energy in Haiti is critical to the reconstruction of Haiti as the Caribbean country struggles to recover from a massive earthquake two years ago that devastated much of the southern half of the country and initially displaced 1.5 million people.
The 40-year-old state-run Electricity of Haiti can only power 200,000 homes, Martelly said. Only 30 percent of the population in this country of 10 million has access to a power supply. Even then, most parts of Haiti only have electricity for a few hours a day, forcing many businesses and some homes to rely on generators and expensive fuel imports.
The new program will call on smaller Haitian banks to issue $30 million in loans with an interest rate of 7 percent, payable over seven years. The credit will help families purchase solar kits that will each cost between $250 and $350.
Jacques Dady Jean is an industrial computer analyst and the president of the Mattapan School of Technology. He can be reached at towncomputer@hotmail.com
