“It’s a little bit of a victory for the gangs”, analyzes Daniel Grandclément, journalist reporter

For Daniel Grandclément, journalist reporter, guest of 12/13 info, Wednesday March 13, the situation in Haiti, where the Prime Minister was forced to resign, can be explained by the fact that “the State does not exist, it has always been extremely weak”. “What we witnessed was a little bit of a victory for the gangs (…) since they were the ones who got the Prime Minister to leave”, he adds. For him, the fundamental problem is “there is no authority, there is no power”.

“The gangs are in power”

The country has not had an election since 2016 and the resigning Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, was appointed before the assassination of the former president. The resignation of the Prime Minister “gives a little more power to the gangs”assures Daniel Grandclément. “The friends I have, who live in Port-au-Prince, tell me that now the gangs are in power, because they are the ones who forced the resignation of Ariel Henry”explains Wilsonn Labossière, teacher-researcher, author, also guest of 12/13 info. “We have a political system in Haiti that creates rich people (…) when they are in power, they have so many privileges that they will never resign”he elaborates.