President Michel Martelly, was in Miami this morning where he met at the Consulate General of Haiti the mayor, Tomas Regalado, then he went to the Little Haiti Cultural Center (LHCC) where he met with leaders of the Haitian community of southern Florida.
Michel Martelly said he was confident that the case of manipulation of legislative elections results will be quickly resolved. He thanked all those who live outside of Haiti for their commitment and their valuable contributions to the survival of the people of Haiti affected by recent natural disasters and political instability for years "We need your help [...] diaspora has been excluded from previous governments, inclusion is one of our key priorities [...] Today we must all realize that we are all Haitians... we have to put our heads together [...] I am honest and a hard worker, but only one person can not change Haiti [...] together we can change Haiti."
The President Martelly also said he wanted the world to stop showing negative images of Haiti and hopes that all embassies and consulates of Haiti, became centers of investment "They can not just focus on the issuance of visas and passports" added the President.
Regarding the Government's tax revenues, Michel Martelly talked about taxes and the Haitian lottery and also of a fund fueled by each family of the diaspora to fund projects in Haiti.
Source: HaitiLibre
Sign of the importance of relationship with the United States, the new President of Haiti, Michel Martelly left his country on Tuesday for a three-day visit to Washington DC, before the proclamation of the final results which credits it with 67.57% of the votes [preliminary results of the second round, uncontested].
The Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, chief of U.S. diplomacy, has received the new President of Haiti, Michel Martelly, for a lunch at the State Department. She congratulated him formally, on behalf of the Obama administration. "I feel very encouraged by the campaign led by Mr. Martelly," she confided just after during a joint press briefing, while mentioning the insistence of Mr Martelly on the people and their needs, his will to be clear about what he hoped to succeed on behalf of Haitians. "We're behind him, we're excited" she added "The people of Haiti has a long road ahead of it, but the United States will be with you throughout the road" promised Hillary Clinton on Wednesday to the new President of Haiti.
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HL/ HaitiLibre
Guy Philippe, leader of the Front for National Reconstruction (FRN) and ex-police commissioner and Chief of the anti-Aristide rebellion in 2004, has affirmed this weekend on a radio of the capital, that although he supported the candidacy of Michel Martelly he had not concluded any alliance with the elected President.
He specifies that if the FRN has supported the candidacy of Michel Martelly, it's mainly due to his commitments to break with the old political system and his promise of free education in Haiti. While calling the next President to keep his promises, he warns Martelly, against the actions of the international community and some local Mafia sectors, which have the habit to "hijack " the Haitian Heads of State.
source : HL/ HaitiLibre
