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Haiti: Legislator’s Controversial Arrest Sparked Human Rights Abuse Debate
The apprehension and brief detention of a sitting legislator last Thursday was a prelude to looming political paralysis that also served as a catalyst for change, engaging citizens in substantive debates about institutional corruption decaying Haiti’s political and judicial systems.
The national consciousness came to life after government Commissioner Felix Leger ordered the national police to apprehend and remand Deputy Arnel Belizaire, returning from a diplomatic mission in France.
Arnel belizaire biography of william
According to the commissioner, the deputy came up on Haiti’s most wanted list as a fugitive and needed to return behind bars immediately. Acting on his orders, UN troops assisted the police in staging barricades around the airport even denying House President Sorel Jacinthe access to Airport Toussaint Louverture’s diplomatic room.
Within minutes of his plane landing, police intercepted the deputy enveloped in his constitu