PM Briceño Weighs in on Crisis in Haiti  

Prime Minister John Briceño was also asked for his views on the security crisis in Haiti and Henry’s resignation, during his appearance on Open Your Eyes. PM Briceño says that since 2021, CARICOM leaders predicted that the situation would reach a tipping point. He added that the region and Haiti, specifically, is in need of intervention from leaders in North America and the European Union.

 

Prime Minister John Briceño

“It is inevitable where it is getting to. WE have been saying this from the crisis started back in 2021. I remember visited the Secretary General of the United Nations, Guitterez and I said Haiti what are we going to do. We said, what can we do, we have to start with the people in Haiti. Unfortunately the people in Haiti don’t have a say because we have these people that are as powerful as the government or even more powerful than the government and this is just years and years of neglect and corruption and greed of the political elite in Haiti to get to where we are, the point where Prime Minister Henry can’t even go back to Haiti and will have to live in exile. But the powers that be, U.S. and Canada and the EU etc, they have to help us. In CARICOM we have been crying out to say we need help in Haiti. The problem or concern is that many people is saying we are going and do what, go against the gang members, a shootout. WE from the beginning said we have a humanitarian responsibility to Haiti. They are our brothers and sisters and that we are prepared to send a small contingent from the BDF once the proper conditions are met.”