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Port-Au-Prince, Haiti-Radios throughout Haiti on Wednesday were buzzing that the UN Security Council approved the creation of the so-called bandit suppression power to help in an unfortunate Caribbean country.
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Strength will replace a smaller non -supporting mission headed by the Kenyan police, which remains undeveloped and under -financed, and whose mandate expires on October 2.
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“I hope that this time these people are serious,” said Darlin Jean-Jacques, who lives with her 10-year-old son in a crowded and dirty shelter after the gangs raided their area and killed her partner. “The power to come and support the Haitians would be wonderful so that people could return their lives.”
The gangs grew up in power after the murder of the president, Jovenized Moise in 2021. Now they control 90% of the capital, Port-O-Rece, and have expanded their activities, including robbery, abduction, sexual encroachments and rape in the countryside. Haiti had no president since the murder.
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But the Hayites and experts remain careful in relation to another international force that was approved on Tuesday.
Rupture in safety
Little is known about the schedule of the deployment of a new force in which there would be 5550 people, a 12-month mandate and the powers to arrest suspected members of the gang, which lacks current force.
“There are some answers and still many uncertainty,” said Diego da Rin, an analyst at the International Crisis Group.
The US government said that it was confident that the troops would be enough to send to Haiti between Africa and the Western hemisphere, but “some observers doubt that it will be so easy,” Rin said.
The UN support management guarantees money for the mission, but the staff salaries will rely on voluntary contributions, and there were no significant negotiations about who will be ready to provide these funds, he said.
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Another important problem is how the current mission will be transferred to gangster power.
According to da Rin, the ongoing discussions evaluate that the new force can be on the ground and work during the year, but at present there is not enough money to maintain a service contract that provides a current mission with food, accommodation and other services that go beyond this year, Da Rin said.
This vacuum is safe, he said, may be problematic.
'International community has failed'
Like many other Haitians, Mario Jean-Batista lived in a crowded shelter with his three young children since the Solino area has destroyed their gangs last year.
“It is good that a new force comes, but I hope that they are not like the jokers who are here,” he said about the current mission in Haiti. “We need people who will really follow these guys so that one day we can return home.”
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The current mission began more than a year ago, but it still has less than 1000 people, which is much lower than 2500, and in its target fund about 112 million dollars. The United States is about 14% of the estimated $ 800 million, which it needs annually.
“The international community failed Haiti with (this mission),” Da Rin said. “This did not have the opportunity to demonstrate whether it was effective or not.”
Nevertheless, he said that the Kenyan forces helped to slow down the achievements of gangs, which control about 90% of Port-play and captured numerous communities in the central region of Haiti.
“They call themselves revolutionaries,” Jean-Batist said about bands. “They only destroyed my life.”
The gang, which raid on its environs, also burned a small bus that he rented to use as a taxi, leaving it without any income.
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“I cannot send my children to school,” he said. “I will not foresee any money in the near future so that they can get an education.”
The “decisive” months ahead
In recent years, violence in the gang has left a record of more than 1.3 million homeless people throughout Haiti, and hunger and poverty are only deepening.
Millions of the Haitians remain disappointed that their situation has not improved, despite the promise of a new international force.
“They are not going to come here to do anything!” She screamed a woman who identified herself only as Esther before she went into an impromptu shelter.
But Haitean and American officials remain hopes.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US government will work with others to ensure the “quick deployment” of the gang suppression forces.
The new power “will solve immediate security problems of Haiti and lay the foundation for long -term stability,” he said.
Romain Le Kud, the head of the Haiti, noose on global initiative against transnational organized crime, said: “The adoption of the resolution sends a message to criminal groups and their potential supporters. In the coming months, they will be decisive for the future of the country. ”
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