What Is The Ideal Form Of Government For Haiti?
Haiti, the world’s first Independent Black Republic, has been exploited by many of its leaders since its inception in 1504. The gamut of political leaders, who have ruled the country, has ranged from totalitarianism to a frail and aborted democracy under President Jean Bertrand D’Aristide in the 1990s. While Mr. Aristide did not introduce a genuine democracy to Haiti, I resent the way the George Bush administration aborted his presidency a few years ago. A president, who was initially elected by a majority of the Haitian electorate, should have been allowed to complete his political tenure–however deplorable, inept and incompetent was his administration. However, the powers that be in Washington, D. C., had some other objective in mind for this impoverished island of more than eight million inhabitants when they orchestrated Aristides resignation under duress recently. Hopefully, Rene Preval, Haiti’s new president, will introduce a viable democracy to a people who have been so oppress
