Dear Jan Batis,
Brother, do you know that, you sound like my mother looking for me with the whip in her hand when I was a little naughty boy?
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On the serious.
As enthusiastic as one could be, he/she must be patient as he/she should encourage every one to be as patient because counting ballots is like a pulling the rope in a thug of war. While Mr. Preval may take a lead in early round, he may end off in a runoff.
Honestly, got forbade losing.
My opinion, I think that Mr. Simon should focus on any potential runoff.
That does not mean that he should not celebrate as much as you are, Mr. Batis, hoping that there is a runoff to prove your point that Mr. Preval is not as popular as everyone thought.
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy barely won the presidency of the US in 1960. He may have been the greatest president of the US. – Please do even think of any recent US president.
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We need cool heads.
We must promote peace.
If our brothers and sisters in Cite Soleil are ready to lay their arms, we can be civilized as well. We must remember that all the eyes of the world are watching us. Many are waiting to say, “I told you so. Haitians cannot govern themselves.”
Our people in Haiti, despite their ordeal, showed that they are not violent.
If the Diaspora begins to demonstrate the same old Haitian habits "of je pou je dan pou dan,” we will lose all credibility.
All of us can agree to disagree, but we must try to remember that "chak moman nap fe vyie dikisyion se yon etenite kap separe nou."
Moun yo preapare pou yo ban nou lajan pou'n rebati peyi nou, pinga nou gate opotinite ya. - excuse my krole spelling.
May I suggest that you all agree to disagree on the people that you may suggest the next president of Haiti should offer a position in his cabinet or how the president should use the United Nations to help develop Haiti.
I will start with nominating the real person behind "Observer Keen" as ambassador of Haiti in Washington; Mr. Simeus as Prime Minister (if the Haitian Constitution Allows it); Recruiting top notch native Haitian police officers from the Diaspora to help rebuild the Haitian National Police force; give incentives to the Diaspora’s professionals such as doctors, engineers, teachers, mathematicians, etc. by offering them free weekend trips to Haiti so that they can go and help their brothers and sister; make weekend-school mandatory, since those professionals from the Diaspora are usually off during the weekend.
Even those who work in the sanitation department can help rebuild Haiti.
I strongly believe that Haiti should not severe its ties with the Cuban doctors in Haiti, while Haiti maintains a great relationship with the USA.
As much as Preval cares about Haiti, Manigat and Baker also care. I believe that the president should offer each a position in his cabinet.
Despite the fact how small or big a role they would play in the new administration, they should use that as an opportunity to prove to all Haitians that Haiti comes first.
As one of my bothers, who is professional engineer with a masters in chemical engineering, who anticipates
