PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – The next step for Haiti is a transitional government and elections, which hasn’t happened in eight years in the country, and a new leader.
During an exclusive interview with Local 10 News’ Calvin Hughes, Guy Philippe, a former rebel and popular figure in Haiti said the results from Monday’s emergency meeting in Jamaica aren’t the answer.
“I am preaching a peaceful revolution in Haiti,” Philippe said.
Philippe said that only Haiti should decide its future, no one else.
“We are not going to accept the masquerade,” he said. No one is going to accept that.”
Philippe spent seven years in a U.S. prison on drug and money laundering charges before being deported back to Haiti in 2023.
“We have to be able to give hope to our people,” he said. “Young people have no hope in Haiti.”
Philippe said in the coming days, he expects more demonstrations in the streets, what he calls peaceful protests, against the plan from Caribbean leaders, the U.S. and Canada.
“We are not enemies, but they have been trying to impose on us, those kind of corrupted people, for too long,” he said. “Look where we are. I’m not saying it, everybody can see.”
It appears Kenya has pulled back on its agreement to send police officers to Haiti after the Prime Minister resigned, saying that it wants to re-evaluate until a new Haitian government is in place.
For now, Haiti’s future is controlled by chaos.