Mirlande
Manigat has
made serious
accusations,
this weekend
on a radio
of the
capital, on
the reasons
which led
the
Government
to choose
the city of
Les Cayes to
hold the
national
carnival, on
the mafioso
origin of
its funding
and finally
decried the
poor quality
of our
National
Carnival,
preferring
to promote
the Carnival
of Trinidad
! Surprising
statements
and
accusations
from a
personality
that so far,
was
respected in
the
country...
"...I do not
like make
accusations
that I'm not
sure Why the
carnival in
Les Cayes ?
Because
there is a
large-scale
money
laundering,
which is
made in Les
Cayes, the
agent comes
by boat,
cash [...]
why they
[the
government]
makes the
carnival in
Les Cayes ?
This is
because of
that ! That
is not
decentralization!
[...] Since
I was a
teenager, I
did not go
to the
Carnival,
this is not
something
that... I
was watching
the floats.
I lived four
years in
Trinidad,
there, it's
a 'bèl ti
bagay' it is
the
creativity,
is the
beauty, this
does not
prevent
people dance
and drink,
but there
are ideas...
I do not
know the Rio
Carnival but
people who
know both
carnivals
say that
unfortunately
there is not
enough
promotion
for the
Carnival of
Trinidad.
I am not
against a
Carnival of
this type,
however, one
thing that I
notice is
that we have
decided to
do it in Les
Cayes, why
not in the
Gonaïves or
in Cap
Haitien why
Les Cayes ?
Does Les
Cayes have
an
infrastructure
to organize
in such a
short time
the Carnival
? Above all,
what is most
important to
me is the
degree of
dissatisfaction
of the
people of
Port-au-Prince..."
Reacting
strongly to
the
accusations,
Jean Gabriel
Fortuné, the
Departmental
Delegate of
South
requires
that Mrs.
Manigat deny
her
statement
"...I'm
surprised
really that
a
personality
like Mrs.
Manigat, who
is respected
in the
country,
makes a
sensational
statement,
but also
misleading.
For the
truth, I
tell you
that the
Government
Martelly-Conille
has not yet
spend any
money in Les
Cayes within
the
framework of
Carnival,
there are
preparations
that are
made, we
make them on
credit, it
is at the
expense of
Fortuné they
are made
[...] works
are carried
out in
collaboration
with the
traders of
the city of
Les Cayes
[...] so we
ask to Mrs.
Manigat, to
deny the
statement
that she
made [...]
If it was
this kind of
money,
Fortuné
would not be
in there,
because it
is me who
has the
habit to
denounce
this kind of
thing for 15
years in the
country. So
far, the
Carnival
Committee
has not
received any
money and
the funds we
have
constituted,
we have
constituted
them from
loan we made
with
traders,
ranging from
20.000 to
200.000
gourdes, and
even that
money is not
spent,
because the
committee is
not yet
fully
structured..."
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