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To better understand today's Haitian youth that politicians have built during over 60 years of political instability, which can be explained by a lack of common vision for Haiti's socio-economic progress and a lack of collective love for the Haitian nation, on the one hand we will go back in history from the Duvalier regime from 1957 to 1986 to the late President Jovenel Moïse on July 7, 2021, on the other hand, we will illustrate the obligations of this generation to prepare a new generation that will be built on the basis of a collective patriotic sentiment and a sense of responsibility for Haiti's socio-economic progress.
According to Marc-Donald VINCENT in the scientific journal of Laval University, there is a correlation between poor governance, which is explained by bad decisions based on existentialism and by the ambition of governments to maintain power illegitimately without solving the fundamental problems of the Haitian people, and political opponents who want to carry out coups against elected presidents, which subsequently turn youth in difficult situations into true agents of the political system in Haiti, which constitutes a factor in the gangsterization of the country.
On September 22, 1957, François Duvalier is elected President of the Republic of Haiti; according to historian Michel Soukar and Colonel Himmler Rébu cited in an audiovisual documentary titled Papa Doc and the Tonton Macoutes Uncle Sam, it was the armed forces of Haiti and the Americans who rigged the elections to bring François Duvalier to power. According to the same source, on July 29, 1958, François Duvalier escaped an assassination attempt on his power with the sound of an alarm; the military loyal to Duvalier distributed weapons to the population, which led François Duvalier to create the National Security Volunteers (VSN), commonly called the Tontons Macoutes, consisting of youth aged 16 to 35 to consolidate his power.
According to Michel Soukar, François Duvalier played the Cold War card to obtain financial and military aid from the American government; the weapons that were intended for the Haitian armed forces were sent to the Tontons Macoutes.
The parliament voted for an anti-communist decree, the application of this law begins with the sacking of libraries; according to the historian, there was a brain drain in the country; François Duvalier ordered the killing of two youths under 23 years old in a cemetery in Port-au-Prince in the presence of schoolchildren and broadcast these executions every day on television to instill fear of his regime.
In the aftermath of February 7, 1986, which marks the end of the Duvalier reign, after four years of transition, priest Jean Bertrand Aristide is elected President of the Republic of Haiti in 1991 and overthrown by the armed forces of Haiti led by Raoul Cedras and Michel François on September 29, 1991.
From 1991, there were attachés, zenglendos, and the Armed Revolutionary Front for the Progress of Haiti (FRAPH) led by Emmanuel Constant. All were militias that spread terror during the transition period from 1991 to 1994, and Michel Cedras distributed arms to the FRAPH militias to escape the invasion of the American army. President Aristide, upon his return to the country in 1994, dissolved the armed forces and created the Haitian National Police in 1995.
In 2000, Aristide was re-elected President of the Republic of Haiti by creating his own militia, the Federated Chimeres initially known as BAZ, to support his political regime fought by strong opposition.
President Aristide went into exile, and there was a transition period led by Boniface Alexandre from 2004 to 2006.
In 2006, Jean René Garcia Préval was elected President of the Republic of Haiti, until the elections that brought Michel Joseph Martelly to power on May 14, 2011; according to Lyonel Trouillot, Michel Martelly is a legal bandit in power, but what a paradox for a bandit who is legal; for Lyonel Trouillot, the PHTK regime uses banditry as a political weapon.
After the transition period ensured by President Jocelerme Privert, Jovenel Moïse was elected President of the Republic of Haiti on February 7, 2017; during President Jovenel Moïse's term, there were political tensions especially due to the ambition of the political opposition, notably the Democratic and Popular Sector (SDP), which promoted gangstering as a form of civil disobedience and political struggle, explained by periods of lockdowns and curfews.
Indeed, what must be remembered during the period from 1986 to 2021 is that after each socio-political movement, there has been no national disarmament campaign, while neither the governments nor the political opponents have participated in disarming civil society, either to safeguard their power or to overthrow the government.
The Constitution of 1987 was the 22nd Constitution of the Republic of Haiti, a constitution drafted in the mold of the French constitution and the American parliamentary model; from François Duvalier to Jovenel Moïse, there has been a brain drain of Haitian intellectuals; economist Etzer Emile rightly said 80% of Haitians who have a degree live abroad.
Even in 2026, the Haitian government is seeking solutions to our socio-economic problems by asking for help from abroad, while the solution is local.
Furthermore, it now falls to today's Haitian youth, composed of several generations, to take their destiny into their own hands.
The holding of elections in December 2026 is impossible with the same traditional political actors,
The holding of elections is impossible without a national disarmament campaign.
Now is the time for youth to take action for a better future for a future generation.
Now, what must be done:
- A sensitization campaign for a national dialogue.
- A national dialogue that brings together all sectors of national life, even armed groups will be at this sectoral table.
- National reconciliation
- A thorough analysis of the history of constitutional reforms in Haiti to better the relationship between Haitians and the law.
- Drafting a new project for society in Haiti
- Drafting a socio-economic development plan for the next 10 years.
- National consultation for constitutional reform
Development of a new organizational model to put an end to democracy and the theory of three powers; this new organizational model is based on a president, a vice president, and a government council of ten coordinators of national programs represented by a delegate in each municipality, all to be elected for ten years.
The national programs are explained by the ten priority sectors of the country, namely education, agriculture, finance, economy, security, technology, trade and industry, good governance, environment, and diplomacy.
These are the obligations of today's Haitian youth to prepare for the future of the new generation.
Sapigou: Wetzer Eliacin
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Entrepreneur and social worker
