well, my guest is former acting prime minister claude joseph. can haiti's unfolding catastrophe be reversed? would an armed international intervention make things better or worse? claudejoseph in port—au—prince, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, mr sackur. it's a pleasure. thank you forjoining us in what is still a very difficult situation in your country. tell me, since ariel henry, the prime minister, told the nation that he was quitting, has anything really changed around you in the capital port—au—prince, or in haiti? has any of the violence, any sense of the crisis changed? i must say that, of course we've seen a change, days are calm. the... the people now are trying to move to... ..to the specific activities. it's a new page. it's a new chapter. it seems that people were waiting for this decision to be made. er... let me ask you something very simple. if you were to walk outside your own home right now onto the streets of port—au—prince, would you feel safe? i mean, are the police on the streets or are the armed gangs still running the stre