Canadian sanctions on former President Michel Martelly and other high-profile political figures – including two former prime ministers and former and current senators – are still the subject of much debate. ” The tremor of sanctions is being accompanied by a political tsunami “, estimated Le Newliste. Since the measures announced by Canada, but also by the USA ” devastate the political class ” and ” especially the one who directs the fortunes of the country since PHTK, the Haitian Tèt Kale party, a political party founded by Michel Martelly, came to power in 2011.

” Canada and the UScontinues editor Frantz Duval, Draw the outlines of a team that brings together gang leaders, acting ministers, elected officials, former elected officials, all leaders at the highest level in the lost country that Haiti has become in less than ten years of your government “.

Le Newliste sees these sanctions as a kind of collective punishment: ” The political class is being beheaded for refusing to condemn the gangs, call for peace and support the arrival of a specialized military force. It is not said in the preambles to the sanctions, but the addition before the bill is obvious ‘ the editor points out. Frantz Duval does not forget to point out that the same international community ” had turned a blind eye to the corruption of (Haitian) politicians and accepted the theft of elections, and now she is slamming them for not following the recommendations addressed to the real leaders for months “.

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