Prime Minister Designate Garry Conille submits papers - Opinions & Comments

Haitilibre 09/09/2011 09:02:37

Prime Minister-designate, Garry Conille, along with Garry Lissade, former Minister of Justice and Dr. Emile Herard, head of the Global Fund of the Sogebank Foundation and former Director General of the Department of Public Health, has made the submission of his documents, to the Office of the Lower House, who will deliver them to the Special Commission in charge to study them.

"As you know, the President designated me as the next Prime Minister, as the Constitution requires it I came to bring my documents, in order that these documents can be reviewed by the Parliament, that they can decide on my exigibility to be Prime Minister [...] You know my temperament, we gave all the documents, I think, we will kindly wait that the Parliament do its work, and hands over its findings..." declared Dr. Conille.

Concerning the challenges that await him, the candidate for Prime Minister's Office claims to be ready to enter the battle with conviction "...we are confident that we have a contribution that we can do, of course we are aware that this is something we can not do by ourselves and that we will need the support, the continued support of all parliamentarians and the President of the Republic, that I want to thank, because he chose me and he honored me with his confidence. We will need of the Civil Society, of private sector and all the forces of the country. I am aware that this is not a job I'm going to do for my own, my aspiration, my goal is simply to help bring everyone together to quickly resolve the practical problems currently faced by the country. [...] "

Mr. Conille was confident to take the step of Parliament "I would not be here if I did not have confidence."

Levaillant Louis Jeune, President of the Special Commission in charge to review the documents of the Prime Minister-designate declared "...Mr. Conille made the submission of his ocuments to the office of President of the Chamber of Deputies, as it starts to get late, the Commission took an appointment with the office of President so that tomorrow morning [Friday] it makes the transfer of the file to the Commission so that we can start working. [...] The first step is to take possession of original documents and then assign the tasks, make a copy of the file so that the original be entrusted to the office and get to work immediately... [...] We have no emergency, we want to do a proper job, we have no deadline, to deliver our work. Obviously, we will make efforts to have the report ready by the end of next week, but we have no pressure [...] society can trust us, we will examine the documents [authenticity and compliance] submitted and we will tell the nation what we found in these documents [...]"

In contrast to the G16, which advocates a political vote, Steven Benoît [Alternative], present at the submission of documents stated that the elected of his platform will vote for Dr. Conille if he meets the requirements of section 157 of the Constitution affirming his commitment to a technical vote for this first phase of ratification.

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Comments and opinions on the candidacy of Dr. Conille

The Prime Minister-designate, Dr. Garry Conille continues to generate multiple reactions. Mirlande Manigat, Me Gervais of the Bar Association of Port-au-Prince and the Deputy Fritz Chéry, President of Block "Gathering of parliamentarians for change" (RPC), to the lower house share their positions.

For Mirlande Hyppolite Manigat, former presidential candidate, "This is not the quantity of documents that will prove that the concerned meets all the requirements of the Constitution" Mirlande Manigat who is not aware of the documents submitted], is still convinced that Dr. Garry Conille does not meet the constitutional requirements cocerning the respect to the residence, or his tax obligations. According to her, "It is clear that Mr. Garry Conille has not resided in the country during the past five years in a consecutively manner", rejecting the thesis that he would be a diplomat "It is not a diplomat. We can not hold up in his favor the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations which grants certain privileges and immunities to these personalities. Those who refer to this convention, do not know of what they speak" Denouncing the position of some parliamentarians who are ready to vote for the choice of the Head of State, under the pretext that the country can not continue to operate without a government, she said that "The Haitian Constitution has many flaws, we must admit, but we must respect it"

Me Gervais Charles, President of the Bar Bar of Port-au-Prince displays a favorable position to the Prime Minister-designate, he does not believe that the choice of Dr. Conille, is choice forced, "...it is a choice that has perhaps been suggested, but I do not think that this choice has been imposed [...] I that think the choice of Dr. Garry Conille is much better than the two previous and I think that Garry Conille can truly be a unifier, so that all the Haitian people understand, that it has a future, that it must work together to arrive at what we want [...] Garry Conille has always behaved like a person of the majority [...]" Concerning Article 157, especially the aspect concerning the residence of the designated candidate, Me Gervais think that this "...will depend of the interpretation that the parliamentarians will make of Article 157, because it still depends of Parliament. My interpretation is that the Constitution does not provide all things, the Constitution does not provide the the case of ambassadors who work for Haiti and abroad, the Constitution does not provide the case of international civil servants. [...] Dr. Conille has a very strong link with Haiti [...] and I think he has his residence in Haiti and he never lost it. In my personal interpretation, the domicile of Dr. Conille is in Haiti, however, this should be decided by Parliament because it is one of its functions..."

The Deputy Fritz Chéry President of Block "Gathering of parliamentarians for change" (RPC), to the lower house, said he is confident that the Prime Minister-designate, be ratified by a majority of Deputies of RPC. He remains convinced, however, that behind this candidacy is hidden the invisible hand of the International "Taking into account the waves of rushed declaration sof some of my colleagues in favor of Dr. Conille, it is clear that decisions have already been arrested." On the question of the residence of Dr. Conille, the deputy Chéry said he did not have the skills to rule on this question, estimating that there seems a conflict between the Charter of the United Nations and the Haitian Constitution, he proposes to consult experts in international law on this aspect.  To conclude he said that "it is not enough to have a head full of knowledge to become Prime Minister, it is also necessary to have political experience and a knowledge of the reality..."

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Haiti - Politic : The Choice of a Prime Minister is a Haitian matter says OAS
  The Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) ended Saturday his 2 days visit in Haiti. During his visit, the Secretary General of the OAS met with President Martelly, some members of the international community, in addition to representatives of civil society "in fact, this visit is a regular visit to assess the situation after the electoral process. I think that a central point of discussion is the formation of a government in Haiti, we are very pleased to see that the President Martelly has designated his third candidate for the post of Prime Minister" has informed the Ambassador Ramdin, adding that "The decision to endorse the nomination of the Prime Minister is a decision which belongs to Parliament and the international community should respect that [...] of course the international community would like that there is a Prime Minister and a government in place as quickly as possible, in order to provide support to Haiti, but the international community has absolutely nothing to say about the choice and the ratification of a Prime Minister."

Concerning the new candidate for Prime Minister's Office, Albert R. Ramdin said "I do not know Mr. Conille personally, but we will work with any Prime Minister who has been designated by the Haitian authorities."

On the eve of his departure, Ambassador Ramdin, reiterated to the press, the willingness of the OAS and the international community to continue to provide technical and financial support to the people and to the institutions of the Haitian state. He also mentioned the projects financed by the OAS : the civil registry, cadastre and scholarship program launched in June.