In a note, signed by Morissaint Jean Irvelt Chéry, the Executive Secretary of the Organization of People in Struggle (OPL), on behalf of the Executive Committee, said he learned "with astonishment the upward revision of fuel prices by the current government authorities".

"For OPL, such an increase is unjustified and unjustifiable, when the people of Haiti is facing an economic situation more and more catastrophic.

This measure reveals once again, if it were needed, of the irresponsibility of the authorities in place. It only increases the anguish of Haitian families already preparing in uncertainty the back to school.

The party strongly condemns the criminalization, through this provision, of the most vulnerable segments of society. The accompanying measures announced by officials, paradoxically refusing to reduce the cost of their lifestyle, are merely a smokescreen to hide an aberrant social injustice.

The OPL requires, given its inappropriateness, that the government reverse this decision contrary to the interests of the Haitian people. The role of government is to improve the living conditions of the population and not to make them unacceptable, intolerable, or inhumane."

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-18407-haiti-politic-for-deputy-bodeau-rising-fuel-prices-is-a-crime.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-18403-haiti-politic-rising-of-gas-prices-the-major-parties-increased-political-react.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-18374-haiti-flash-strong-increase-in-pump-fule-prices.html

HL/ HaitiLibre