Submitted to AlterPresse on January 18, 2022
CITIZENS‘ INITIATIVE OF NEW YORK
December 10, 2021
The Citizens’ Initiative of New-York is a group of conscientious Haitian citizens, who meet regularly to reflect calmly and deeply on the events occurring in our motherland to which we are organically attached. We think on these dire circumstances that threaten to put our country on its knees. The Citizens’ Initiative, as much as many compatriots and Haiti sympathizers in the diaspora, is witnessing Haiti threading at the edge of a precipice dug by corruption, insecurity, rape, theft, assassinations, etc.
We still remember Pope Jean Paul II’s cry of alarm, during his 1983’s short visit in Haiti: Things must change. Today, Representatives of all sectors of the country stand and say that enough is enough: Workers, peasants, entrepreneurs, artists, intellectuals, street and traveling merchants, and all conscientious citizens are uniting to counter this tragic problem in dignity and with patriotism. In this context, we of the Citizens’ Initiative of New York decide to rise up to assist and support the Montana Accord.
What Is The Montana Accord?
The Montana Accord is the result of discussions, debates, efforts of ‘conscientization’, and mobilization throughout the country, outreach to groups of different political tendencies. Way before the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, a team of citizens from the civil society made it their mission to reflect collectively on Haiti’s situation and start this process. From time to time, they would issue a progress report. In August 30th 2021, women and men, from different organizations and points of the land join at the Hotel Montana to give birth formally to the Accord. Quickly thereafter, 900 signatures were collected.
The Montana Accord contains the demands that the people had been voicing since the great uprising of July 6, 7, 8th of July 2018. The Accord stated clearly that Haitians should solve their problems without the interference of other countries. Many foreigners agree and applaud. The Accord declares that a transitional government will be set for 2 years, to give the country time to turn its back on all the past malfeasance. A justice system would be established to redress the theft of the PetroCaribe loan issued by Venezuela and sundry corruption scandals, and collar the authors of the different massacres on the slums, that occurred during the last 3 years. With the required consensus and honesty, a National Council of Transition (Cnt) to choose the next president and prime minister, along with an Organization of control of said transition (Oct) will be built. A road map of sorts will be developed to guide members and sympathizers. A bureau (Bsa) will be created to follow up on all programs and activities to be done.
Let’s Support The Montana Accord
In agreement with the general program and sentiments exposed above, The Citizens Initiative of New York support the Montana Accord. We expect the road to be long and arduous, but, with determination, constancy and responsive leadership, we shall prevail and reach our objectives. Through an election conducted by patriotic Haitians, we can build a Democratic, state- of- law nation for all Haitians, without foreign domination. Without you, this national project will not be achieved.
Please sign this declaration as an expression of your support: https://chng.it/NwyYDVyC
1 Lionel Legros New York New York É.-U.
2 Jean-claude Icart Montréal Canada
3 Charles Desgrottes Spring Valley New York É.-U.
4 Frantz Voltaire Montréal Canada
5 Ginette Peterburs Brooklyn New York É.-U.
6 Maryse Georges Queens New York É.-U.
7 Edouard Arthur Mascouche Canada
8 Lyonel Georges Queens New York É.-U.
9 Michele Montas New York New York É.-U.
10 David Maurice Windsor Canada
11 Chantal Gagne Québec Canada
12 Anne Fuller Vineyard Haven Massachusetts É.-U.
13 Lisa Bishop-Spencer Ottawa Canada
14 Alain Gauthier Longueuil Canada
15 Rita Khattar Beirut Liban
16 Lyonel Beauvais Queens New York É.-U.
17 Rudolph Dupuy Tappan New York É.-U.
18 Dannell PRICE Hollis Hill New York É.-U.
19 Talhe Kad Liban
20 Julien Jumelle Brooklyn New York É.-U.
21 Pierre Desjardins Montréal Canada
22 Lucette Lévesque Ferme-Neuve Canada
23 Roy Blundell La Tuque Canada
24 Rejean Caron Boucherville Canada
25 Hans Roy Cambria Heights New York É.-U.
26 Michelle Karshan Brooklyn New York É.-U.
27 Frantz-Antoine Leconte Elmont New York É.-U.
28 Florence Treboutte France
29 Adolpho Corbanese bklyn New York É.-U.
30 Menes Dejoie Brooklyn New York É.-U.
31 Richard Mathelier Montréal Canada
32 Alain Saint Victor Laval Canada
33 Frankh Année a Laval Canada
34 Robert Berouët-Oriol (linguiste et poète, Montréal) Montréal Canada
35 Luckner Bayas Boston Massachusetts É.-U.
36 Pierre Simon Longueuil (Québec) Canada
37 Frantz Voltaire Montréal Canada
38 Claudine Corbanese Brooklyn New York É.-U.
39 Jan Dominique Montréal Canada
40 Serge Bouchereau Montréal Canada
41 Flore Bimangou Ottawa Canada
42 Jooneed KHAN Montréal Canada
43 Zain Javadd El Yadida Mexique
44 Jean Claude Parfait Laval Canada
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46 Jacqueline Aubert Blois France
47 Pierre Bonin Laval Canada
48 Carline Desire Dorchester Massachusetts É.-U.
49 Joel Augustin Chicago Illinois É.-U.
50 Chantal Ismé Montréal Canada
51 Jean-Pierre Bejin Montréal Canada
52 Abdelouahad Laftoumi Maroc
53 Johnny Celestin New York New York É.-U.
54 Leila Celestin New York New York É.-U.
55 Claudia Serei Saint-jérôme Canada
56 Rachid Bamaarouf Canada
57 Dalia Jabbour Beirut Liban
58 Renée Icart Montréal Canada
59 Will Prosper Montréal Canada
60 Andre Juste Hudson New York É.-U.
61 Pierre Teddy Clermont Union City New Jersey É.-U.
62 Sumeja Lepić Sarajevo Bosnie-Herzégovine
63 Constant Bernard Brooklyn New York É.-U.
64 Claudel Seide Brooklyn New York É.-U.
65 LaRue Branchcomb Yonkers New York É.-U.
66 Zerina Ribo Suisse
67 Adna A Bosnie-Herzégovine
68 NICOLAS ALMONOR Brooklyn New York É.-U.
69 Simon Vallerand Saint-Raymond Canada
70 Caty Tremblay Montreal Canada
71 Michèle Dupont Brooklyn New York É.-U.
72 Ayouba Ibrahim Niger
73 Max Achille Nassau County É.-U.
74 Mustapha Chmali Saint-Constant Canada
75 jean-marie claude east meadow New York É.-U.
76 Weslerd dorsainvil Brooklyn New York É.-U.
77 Frantz Daniel Laval Canada
78 Lyonel Gorneille Port-au-Prince Haïti
79 Badra Mahdjoub Montréal Canada
80 Plamen Dimitrov Gatineau Canada
81 Luciano Berardi Saint-ferréol-les-neiges Canada
82 Annie Bouchard Québec Canada
83 Sébastien Larouche Québec Canada
84 Valouekay.10@icloud.com Maude2014 Granby Canada
85 Eva Chen Brossard Canada
86 Sandra Lefrançois St-René-de-Matane Canada
87 Jean-Yves Fischer Volgelsheim France
88 Alaaeldin Alsahli Brossard Canada
89 Vitaler Mercier Repentigny Canada
90 Jovet Aubourg Montréal Canada
91 Anna Lee Laval Canada
92 Samuel Polanco Trois-rivières Canada
93 Jessyca Ménard Gingras Magog Canada
94 Johanne Legendre Montréal Canada
95 Olivia Jean-Mary Montréal Canada
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97 Carole Rochon Lac cayamant Canada
98 Leonrd Lanord Montréal Canada
99 Rosa D’aloe Montreal Canada
100 Lessard Daniel la Beauce Canada
101 Rania Abid Canada
102 Francine Brunet Sainte-adèle Canada
103 Frantz Mardy Montréal Canada
104 Mohammed Sbai El Idrissi Longueuil Canada
105 Stephane Allard Alma Canada
106 Clarens Melv Toronto Canada
107 Barbara Labarre Laval Canada
108 Esau Cruz Montréal Canada
109 Clement Tremblay Sainte-adèle Canada
110 Ronald Brazeau Quyon Canada
111 Stephan Beauli Rimouski Canada
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126 Franceska Thomas Montréal Canada
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