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05-16-2011, 02:40 PM
President Michel Martelly took office yesterday in Haiti, urging his fellow citizens to work to rebuild the country. "We can no longer continue to demean ourselves by begging, with this policy of begging. We are workers, we work well when opportunities are given to us," he stressed, boding new times ahead for Haiti.
"...Haitians, this country is ours, let us come together to remake our country."
Martelly spoke of changes "so that investors gain confidence, come to invest, build, so that we can find the development that I seek, I seek development for you, so that you get out of poverty, so you can live another way," he said.
He said that too many people exploited the country's extreme poverty. "This must stop," he said. "It is time to start selling our cultural riches, Haiti is a rich country, we have the most beautiful beaches in the world, the most beautiful sun in the Caribbean and the deepest culture, diverse and authentic, a glorious past, the Citadelle Henri and the palace ruins at Milot are a testament to this. Yes, Haitian people, it's not just poverty we have in our country [...] let us take this opportunity to ask the whole world to put the misery of Haiti in a drawer, to bury the misery of Haiti..."
He called for the decentralization of Haiti. "For those who think that Haiti is only Port-au-Prince, centralization will come. Port-au-Prince is not the only place that must be rebuilt, all the country needs to be built, rebuilt, to be reforested, to be developed."
He called on the international community to trust the new beginning. "I ask the international community to have confidence in me, you'll find another leadership, a good partnership, with respect for each other, with good governance, transparency and honesty. This is a new Haiti, a new Haiti open for business now".
www.haitilibre.com/en/news-2957-haiti-inauguration-important-moments-of-the-speech-of-michel-martelly.html (http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-2957-haiti-inauguration-important-moments-of-the-speech-of-michel-martelly.html)
www.haitilibre.com/en/news-2960-haiti-dominican-republic-the-need-to-reactivate-the-joint-commission-bilateral.html (http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-2960-haiti-dominican-republic-the-need-to-reactivate-the-joint-commission-bilateral.html)
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"...Haitians, this country is ours, let us come together to remake our country."
Martelly spoke of changes "so that investors gain confidence, come to invest, build, so that we can find the development that I seek, I seek development for you, so that you get out of poverty, so you can live another way," he said.
He said that too many people exploited the country's extreme poverty. "This must stop," he said. "It is time to start selling our cultural riches, Haiti is a rich country, we have the most beautiful beaches in the world, the most beautiful sun in the Caribbean and the deepest culture, diverse and authentic, a glorious past, the Citadelle Henri and the palace ruins at Milot are a testament to this. Yes, Haitian people, it's not just poverty we have in our country [...] let us take this opportunity to ask the whole world to put the misery of Haiti in a drawer, to bury the misery of Haiti..."
He called for the decentralization of Haiti. "For those who think that Haiti is only Port-au-Prince, centralization will come. Port-au-Prince is not the only place that must be rebuilt, all the country needs to be built, rebuilt, to be reforested, to be developed."
He called on the international community to trust the new beginning. "I ask the international community to have confidence in me, you'll find another leadership, a good partnership, with respect for each other, with good governance, transparency and honesty. This is a new Haiti, a new Haiti open for business now".
www.haitilibre.com/en/news-2957-haiti-inauguration-important-moments-of-the-speech-of-michel-martelly.html (http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-2957-haiti-inauguration-important-moments-of-the-speech-of-michel-martelly.html)
www.haitilibre.com/en/news-2960-haiti-dominican-republic-the-need-to-reactivate-the-joint-commission-bilateral.html (http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-2960-haiti-dominican-republic-the-need-to-reactivate-the-joint-commission-bilateral.html)
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