Congresswoman, Yvette D. Clarke, of New York and Ayanna Presley of Massachusetts have collaborated with fellow legislators, Rashida Tlaid, Barbara Lee, and Jan Schakowsky in Washington DC, and they are calling on the Biden Administration to withdraw the United States support for an armed foreign intervention in Haiti.
In their combined written decision to the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, the US legislators expressed concern that a foreign military intervention further risks destabilizing Haiti, and “endangering the current illegitimate regime.”
“We are gravely concern,” the letter notes, “that an armed foreign intervention will only serve as a tool to buttress an illegitimate leader and undermine efforts by a representative transitional government, to define the actual support desired from the international community.
The State Department should not override the will of the Haitian people,” they suggested. The group of US legislators agreed that a transitional government is the only valuable path forward for Haiti to return to stability and democracy. Read More
Plummer, D. (2023, December 21). Members of Congress say no armed foreign intervention in Haiti – Caribbean Life. Www.caribbeanlife.com. https://www.caribbeanlife.com/members-of-congress-say-no-armed-foreign-intervention-in-haiti/
Comments