My Haitian brothers and sisters please find a letter I sent to Mr. Guy Phillippe at his
[email protected]:
Dear Mr. Guy Phillippe,
I apologize for addressing you in English.
I will that I were fluent in the language of my father and my mother.
My French is elementary and I have not spoken it for a while.
As for writing it, if I may say, it�s a joke.
Therefore, please accept this note in English as no insolence to you or your person or the organization or political party that you represent..
Mr. Phillippe, I had a thought this morning.
I said to myself that I am not running for the presidency of Haiti.
Therefore, I am not even going to give my opinion to the individual on line who insists that he or she is the "Friend of Haiti." This particular individual has nothing to say but negative things about Haiti and Haitians.
He only suggests any thing that is negative for Haiti.
The last thing he came with, if I may quote what he wrote in its entirety.
�Here is the solution for Haiti, in order for peace and prosperity to evolve:
Privatize TELECO (Telephone), EDH (Electricity), Airport (Transportation), Maritime Ports (Commerce), BRH,BNC,any government bank ? (Financial).
After doing so, I guarantee that Haiti will start enjoying peace and prosperity.
Here is a bit of History for you Haitians:
In July 28, 1915, American military forces have been in control of Haiti and the National City Bank of New York controlled the National Bank of Haiti and was the depository for all of the Haitian national funds that were being collected by American officials, and that Mr. R.
L. Farnham, vice-president of the National City Bank, was virtually the representative of the State Department in matters relating to the island republic of Haiti.
Thereafter, all the Gold from the National Bank of Haiti were removed and stored at the National City Bank of New York�
The fact is that I am not sure if this �Friend of Haiti is bein serious or if he is being sarcastic.
Mr. Phillippe, how I picked your name as the Candidate to run for the most powerful office in Haiti goes like this:
Considered that you are among the most popular Candidates who want to represent the great people of Haiti, I created a pool of candidates, wrote each their names on pieces of papers, folded them and placed them in a shoe box.
Here are the names: Mr. Baker, Charles Henry; Mr.Bazin, Marc Louis; Mr. Manigat, Leslie Francois; Mr. Mourra, Samir Georges; Mr. Paul, Evans; yourself, Mr.Phillippe, Guy; Mr. Preval, Rene Garcia; Mr. Simeus, Dumarsais; Mr. Toussaint, Dany and finally, I also included Ms. Roy, Judie Joe C. Marie, the only Haitian woman, among all who want to represent their Haitian brothers and sisters as the next president of our Beloved Haiti.
The shoe box was closed, shook and opened (this would be done until after a name would be picked and will continue until any name would be picked twice).
The name of the candidate would be picket at random.
Once picked, the paper would be folded and placed in the box. Once a candidate is picked twice, he would be put on the spot.
The procedure was repeated seven times and the results were: Mr. Baker, Ms. Roy, Mr. Preval, Mr. Phillippe, Mr. Simeus, Mr. Bazin, Mr. Manigat, Mr. Phillippe.
As it seems that you were the lucky one to be picked on my non-scientific method, the questions would go to you.
Mr. Phillippe, kindly bear in mind that I am not a reporter, as I am not presenting myself as one, I have no political affiliations, however, I am another Haitian, just like yourself, all the other candidates and all Haitians in the world who would want the best of his or her country, Haiti.
Sir, if you would, answer these two questions:
1) As the next democratically elected president of Haiti, how would you go about solving the situation of PRIVATIZATON of Haitian Assets that the �Friend of Haiti� mentioned in the above quote?
2) As the next democratically elected president of Haiti, what are your plans to claim the Haitian gold from the United States that was confiscated in the vaults of the United States that the �Friend of Haiti� mentioned in the above quote?
Respectfully,
Max Sanchez-Martinez
