Michel Martelly has started his tour on Friday by the city of Ferrier (North-East of Haiti, a town situated in the arrondissement of Fort Liberté) where an enthusiastic crowd waited to hear his speech. After Ferrier, the candidate Martelly, accompanied by Wyclef Jean, has successively deliver his message to the people of Fort Liberté, Terrier Rouge, Trou du Nord to end this eventful day, to Limonade where a large crowd awaited him despite the rain , Martelly seemed indefatigable...Yesterday, Michel Martelly said to the Cap "My program for the first 100 days of my government is ready and that for 5 years will be ready in one week". At the listen his speech "live" without notes, there is no doubt that the candidate is surrounded by a strong team of advisors which ensures his preparation.
Michel Martelly in Ferrier :
In Ferrier, rural town [formerly Maribeaux] located about ten kilometers of Fort Liberté, the first city of his tour of Friday, the candidate Michel Martelly has address several themes of his program for his second day of campaign: agriculture, education, health and justice, in front of a large crowd.
Agriculture :
"I think the state should assist, supervise everybody, so that everyone can find not only employment but also agricultural credit. I know that among these lands there, some of them may belong to big landowners, if I am the head of state, I will force them to make work their lands.
I think it is the state that put you in a situation where you are now. The State did not think to you [...] We want, when i will be at the power, that the state be at the service of ordinary people.
I know what you need, tractors, agricultural machinery, a bank credit lending you money with good interest rates, fertilizer that does not come from above thieves... Me, In addition to that, I come to encourage you to work, so that you will not regret to going to work in the morning, you know what it is ? If you work and you have harvest, the state will buy them, what I mean, is that I give you a guarantee on your work"
Education :
"When i will be at the power, I will put the education plan in application. We cannot do it on 10 departments in one fell swoop, but we'll start to make free schooling for children. When I will have finished my 5-year, across the country, the school will be free for all children. [...] This is the best way to remove people from poverty, we must train them, give them knowledge. The whole world is connected with internet, and coming here on foot, we were talking Wyclef and me, about the possibility of a program that exists worldwide, which is called "One Laptop per Child", we did not say that it is already resolved, but next week Wyclef will leave, and we'll work to take steps to ensure that every child has a computer...
With computers, you'll be able to train you at distance, but if I can not get what Wyclef is trying to get, I have already identified the money that I need to free schooling. It will be expensive, but I will! The first year this will be in at least one department, in order to try it and to master it, then next year in 3-4 departments so that in 5 years, this is all over the country. Because I believe that as the nation's children are not educated, the country will remain poor and the biggest richness of a country is its children.
Destiny is in your hands, if I put a school and you do not want to go to school is your choice, but as the state, it is my duty to put a school at your disposal. If you want to change your life, you can change it, it is this opportunity that we want bring to you."
Health :
"We know there are plenty of people who have health problems, sometimes a little illness could be cured with a pill from the beginning, but for that you have no money, no doctors, no care ... The disease develops on your back and kill you.
We will come with a program with which if you pay 50 gourds per month, you'll have access to health, basic care, which means you can go to the doctor at any hour, even 20 times a week, you can go to the doctor !
For 50 gourds, this does not mean that if you're sick, they'll operate you, but that means for example that if you have a small headache you go to the doctor, he will give you a pill to cure you. If you were not going to the doctor it might have become after a few months a serious illness.
But for the operations, you may be forced that the family help you... We'll start slowly, because there is nobody who can solve all problems in one day. We will address several problems simultaneously, because we have different teams working in different fields (education, health, agriculture ...)
The State will accompany you, the state will work with transparency, if there is one gourde that comes under my government, everyone needs to know how much money is entered, what has been done with, we must be able to show the results.
We will bring order, we need order in the country, we will restore the authority of the state, we will ensure that the state provides services..."
Justice :
"We want justice for everyone. We want that when a woman has a problem and she goes to the police station, she found a woman sitting there who will take her complaint. Because when a woman raped or beaten is going to the police station and finds a man, it is a problem for her, for the problem she has. We must put women at ease, we must manage the society, it is necessary to preach the love.
Today we're together because we're going to break a system that does not work well and after we will have to stay together to build. This is not a single person who will change the country for you, together, which must decide what should be done. I expect your support, it is only together that we can change your living conditions. We do not seek fame or success, we already have.
Haiti is a country rich, I can understand that a person coming from a poor family, I have no problem it comes from a poor family, but I have a problem when you are condemned to remain poor until you die.
This is not a job I'm looking for, i don't have the madness of power. I have power since I started my career as a musician, now it's a sacrifice that I make for my country.
We do not have government, we do not have representativity, we have nobody to inform that the Haitian is a proud people, we are the first independent nation on the Earth... Three quarters of people who are representatives are thieves... And every day we become poorer.
While coming here, I looked on the internet with my Blackberry and I read that Mrs. Manigat said that Wyclef and I know sing, and she, she makes other serious things... Mrs. Manigat has 30 years in politics, at every 5 years, I hear her name during the elections and she never goes out."
Source : HL/ HaitiLibre
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