the former president's visit his drawn both supporters. and detractors. but inside c pac there's little doubt who the attendees favor for the presidency in 2024 john hendren al jazeera orlando. it's all past the hour on al-jazeera these are the headlines one person has been shot dead in maine miles largest city young go on as police use live rounds tear gas and water cannon against the antique demonstrators. we can see the soldiers in a word. we're not here in the streets supporting any political party i was just going to hold we're here supporting the future if we don't leave 1st we're going to just do it in a future where no this is happened it's not good for us you know if you do i don't

know us and we the public are only protesting peacefully and now the military has come to crack down it just here to cause us trouble we want peace we have nothing but still that come to crack down on us from the 77th light infantry division. where the headlines and $47.00 pro-democracy activists in hong kong have been charged under a controversial security law imposed by beijing dozens of people were ordered to report to police stations across the city on sunday the united states has given emergency approval for the johnson and johnson covert 900 vaccine gives americans a 3rd option and the 1st single dose shots brazilian president is threatened to pull emergency aid from the states which reintroduced lockdowns he says any governor who destroys jobs won't get support from the central government also nor had covert 9 himself and is strongly against most restrictions often dismissing the danger despite the deaths of more than a quarter of a 1000000 brazilians new zealand's biggest city oakland's in lockdown after

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and influence peddling the former french president nicolas sarkozy will be in the dock in a courtroom an hour is also investigating since on march the 1st we'll hear the verdict in his jaw follow the story as it breaks the mold the reaction on al-jazeera. to michael. do you think in the world as we will. see. out for weeks the base has been hate his reality. protest against precedential in any who's accused of illegally extending his time in power . opposition parties say he should have stepped down last month but he says he can remain until 2022 after presidential elections are held this year. the dispute has been running since moyes was voted into office in 2015 in an election that was

later canceled over allegations of fraud. he was voted in again a year later. he says he will call for a referendum that would lead to that we form of haiti's constitution and says legislative and presidential elections will happen this year the international community including the oas and the us seem to support the president's move. but on the street there is anger and frustration people fear moyes is trying to hold onto power they claim he has become increasingly awfully terry and in the past weeks over 20 people have been detained including supreme court judge if i seem to be aimed to murder the president and overthrow the government in accord or drowned out some volatile thank you to omar security guards thank god their plan didn't work yesterday the security of the now. palace arrested more than 20 people who had

one goal and that was to leave the country without me or that there are now demonstrations has turned violent and there is no sign of anyone backing down. so. can the political standoff be resolved. we will find out more as the foreign minister of haiti. i. know for a new minister thanks so much for talking to. we have seen violence on the streets we have seen demonstrators demanding. steps down the opposition says that the president's mandate ended on february 7th but the president is saying he has one year left what can you explain to us what is going on what i should say we fully.

of the opposition should be able to determine. the term the constitution and it's clear. it's already $13041.00. the president is 5 years in haiti he took 2017 so he's going to leave. to do so does the situation now it's unfortunate the means that the opposition is using. your little boys step down is the violent means it's illegal means so in a democracy you know. it's through elections that you can it's the people that actually give power so they will do they have to turn. they have to use peaceful means because we do not have any problem with

a position it's a democracy but what we. what we reject is violence but the opposition is saying that the article 134.2 says that when elections have been postponed because of different reason which was the case in haiti the number of the amount of years start counting one that election happens i mean what do you say to that this is ridiculous. with one of them always took office in a dozen 17 and its term is 5 years so comes out article 134.2 does not apply in these cases because there was an interim president who was with up we say does started and 2016 and actually lists in 2017 so you cannot see that was an issue of the noise terms started when

the interim president started he's on term so this is just ridiculous and people do not buying into this dick of this way of interpreting the constitution it's not a legal battle. interpreting the constitution it's just politics and those who have been using the sim talking points over and over since we've seen them we started because they wanted him to step down or saw them never want him as president and the country so what they are trying to do now is to use this article that does not apply in any way and they scare us but there are large sectors in the country that that say that what's happening now is illegal and the precedents said that there was an attempt on his life that act cool was being set up in haiti 3 judges from this. supreme court where we moved one of them was detained so you know

what but what can you say exactly about that i mean is haiti's democracy at risk haiti is not a democracy at risk what the government is trying to do and we are doing our utmost to keep it is to preserve democracy in haiti. we have seen over and over how. some politicians in some or the guards are trying to use all illegal means to actually claim power in haiti so this is exactly what is going on now and we need to link what is going on in terms of violence with the decision to actually cut some monopolies insert some and some sectors so of course those bodyguards that have been benefiting from.

the police in different sectors they will not see idly by not doing anything so it's a way for this by using violence to have no more use that balance because what is happening now in haiti is what you can call us if it captures the spirit is cup cured by few oligarchs that. they are the only. people that can do whatever they want in this country but for ng minister you know you're talking about oligarchs and about how they handle power in haiti but when you look at the streets of haiti the people of that are on those streets demanding change demanding action criticizing the president are actually demanding that their lives improve i mean they're not our league our examine what do you say to them no they are not oligarchs and all democracy is not on the view here in the united states in. good democracy how you can call it you will have

people protesting and some of them are not i should see the use of violent means but the interesting thing here is that the government is paying attention to what the people are asking they are asking for the lives to be improved those are legitimate concerns and we agree and the government is a walking on down that's why we has been doing its utmost to stop the sit captured when you have few people that actually own the what i should say the most what you can count in the country this is not this is not a democracy when you have a few are indeed to few should see that actually has monopolies in different sectors for instance energy sector this does not sound good and these is there to

perpetrate poverty to perpetrate misery so when the people are asking for their lives to get him poor they not only talking to with 2 of them or is he is listening and it agrees that people's life has been declining and the country you see the president is listening but we've seen that over 20 people were detained and that very important ally for haiti which is the united states have expressed their concerns own on how people were detained and how judges from the supreme court where detained and this is not the people it's the united states an important ally for haiti why how can you explain that let me. see. and the most important thing. and today allies and i should see. different actors in. international community support elections in haiti they think

it's through elections that people can claim power and if the people the poor those politicians can claim about and it's the people we have the united states as you say we have the united nations we have all this and we recently have outcomes that actually ask all those alders to use peaceful means to claim power this should not use whom because we think that those practices are outmoded in their country they should not try to assassinate a president those outmoded practices in the modern time you use to convince people to get them tries to get them to good the ballot and get yourself elected for me if you say that the people the people are demanding elections the international community is demanding elections but the president's response is a referendum that will happen on april. why do you think it's important at this

point to reform the constitution instead of calling for you actually which is everybody's the man i'm sorry this is not president responds they's intellect to a timetable that is published in the intellect to a calendar with elections on september and november the 1st one of presidential and the state of elections in september and the 2nd round is a november so therefore the president responds is not the front door with all of the constitutional going for london is what the people have been asking according to 2 recent polls conducting by 2 interesting organizations. about 90 percent of haitian people ask for a new constitution because the they they are they have seen how this functional the governance of the country is with a parliament and the executive sometimes always fighting so these is not

a situation that we can leave the people on this thing in this situation and they ask for a new constitution. could you explain to us what a new constitution we change in haiti let me let me let me explain it will you clearly the 987 constitution create and balance between the when she's of powers so this imbalance is what as one of the former president and he said it's a source of instability so if we have a new constitution that actually creates step in balance that will change the whole paradigm so this is what we should expect where you have an executive branch that does not have more power din of parliament of parliament does that have extensive power over the executive so what we have not and the 987 constitution

it's not mary situation that needs to change but it was just understand after 1986. 35 years after we were supposed to have 7 presidents it's unfortunate that today we have more din 15 so it's quiet the situation is not governable a new constitution will change the whole thing we do our elections in where people will be able to respect. us to see a president turn so what is going on now it's quite different from what we should expect form of proper constitution mr foreign minister the opposition is saying that much of the country's elected parliament has been dissolved that maoris have been stripped throughout the country presidential envoy seems to be the only

elected official left in haiti can you guarantee that they lections are going to happen there's not so fear that the president is trying to hold on to power at least that's what many members of the opposition and many haitians we have spoken to are saying this is a misperception the president is a democrat and he does not intend to remain in power after his term in 2022 so that's not the that's why he has been doing is utmost to have elections and to sit with different stakeholders to organize elections so no differently he will leave when he's term ends that's a gallon see that i can give you the president doesn't have any intention to hold power after 2022 that's that's what i understand sometimes there are concerns about what is going on for instance he's not the only elected official now

there pinions senators actually but why. election did not we did not organize elections in due time. just because with this constitution that created a situation that is not controllable so this is the this is the main reasons why we have this situation now and we need to resolve it but a new constitution would give the president more power whomever he is wouldn't this be giving the president maybe too much power i mean you're telling me now that there's only 10 senators left that the president is willing by decrease that's any this is not a normal situation this is not something that will improve haiti's democracy what i can what i 3 can tell you it's not at all that we that will benefit from the no constitution he is not going to be candid that in the course of coming

elections so this is something that needed to be clear to everyone are whether or not the new constitution will give more power to the president is actually debatable because the new project is actually submitted to the public for opposition in for debate so the president will be able to actually see in is part of the discussion i should say but what matters in the new constitution is that is going to create more will shake in violence is not going to give one window of power more power than the older one so that's the ground see that i can give you. aside from the political situation that's happening in the country now there's lots of concerns of a rising insecurity in the country an increase of gang activity there's been an sharp increase in kidnappings and other violent crimes what is the government

trying to do in order to control this the 1st thing the government did is to change the police chief the north pole is director now he's doing his best in. fighting against different being members so and this is forceful this is giving good results so we are working to continue on this path and we start seeing a decrease significant decrease and kidnapping for ransom. but human rights groups are saying that there's been lots of gang activity in neighborhoods where members of the opposition resign where there has been bloody attacks that's what they're saying and that many of those gangs are related to high ranking officers within haiti's government in fact many of those officials in your government having

sanctioned by the united states what do you say to that what i can tell you is that there is no connection whatsoever. with gangs and this current government there is no such thing we are the ones who are actually fighting begin gang members and this is exactly what the north police chief national police if he is doing so that we don't not there are gangs in the country we cannot deny that but trying to lick them with the government i should say this is a talking point. that the opposition has been. asked to see because for quite some times and it's not true but i can tell you also that the last. u.n. a report on human rights and haiti the report actually says to what extent when the country is

a luck by put this in with violence what is the impact on human lives what is the impact on the society as a whole what is the impact on the economy and so on and so forth so we need to use peaceful means to actually. talk to each other to actually put test we need to use peaceful means because what is happening now in the country is not interesting for the world to see on november last year the haitian government published to decrease one of them on national security one of them in the creation of an intelligence. in c. and another when he speaks thank sion on the term terrorism many people in the country are concerned of what this means they are afraid that it could be used against political opponents in fact the port au prince bar associations and various human rights groups say that this could be the case that there could be political persecution what what what is your answer to that this could be the case but this

is done the case and i should say in all countries. there are services intelligence services in the united states there is one of many and in the dominican republic days an intelligence agency i wonder why there are so many concerns with respect to our intelligence agency as well as i know and i can guarantee you there is no such thing as a using this tool to actually. basic to open its days no such thing and i can guarantee you that the government is a walking to respect and on the respect of human rights. what changed the definition of the term terrorism many people that have been protesting are afraid

that that term could be applied on them and that big could be judged under terrorism for taking to the streets could that be the case what i can tell you is days a debate. in haiti and we accepted to. modify to some extent the decree and have an agency that is not going to be you know will soon have criticism but what i can tell you is that we are there to see human rights we are not going to go again in need what i should say. in anything that the 1987 constitution protect human rights corona virus has had a huge impact around the world and i'm in on the health care issues but also on

the economy and i know that in haiti the situation has deteriorated in this past year i was reading a report just recently that the amount of people going hungry has doubled this is this the case could you explain to us what the situation is on the ground and what is the government and international organizations doing about it. the the situation we have seen that days a significant increase in the number of cases due to perhaps so many haitian sailors coming from other countries and we have some actually some activities on the street that may actually cause that but i know that the health ministry is working hard to get everything under control and we work with our international partners to actually have a situation for that will not we phone call in our various virus but we walking

we're working on that but is this the case that the amount of undernourishment mundell tristian has increased one of the report i was reading is it has gone from 2000000 people to 4000000 people is this the case. that's that's exactly why we need a civility because instability has an impact on those on those things for instance on poverty so the more ends the bore a country is the more power the you will see so therefore stability should be the aim of the protest or the end of the way that we need to do thing in haiti so stability is what we have to be because without stability you will have all those things and i can tell you the 3 months of looking down the country has an impact on poverty and aids well thousands of people are leaving the country we have heard reports of haitian migrants heading to mexico then trying to cross to the

united states in the month of february over $600.00 haitians have been deported from the united states have you been able to discuss this with the biden administration is anything expected to change with a new government in the united states we are currently discussing and i think the biting administration is very open to stop deportation and we will be hopeful that this is going to thank you very much for talking to al-jazeera mr foreign minister thanks for joining us thank you for the above in. my. this is some paoli. despite being in germany's 2nd tier of football and without a single major trophy to its name it has become one of the world's most iconic

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