Haitian Government struggles to achieve self-sufficiency

The President of Haiti, Michel Martelly, stated that his Government was making a major effort so that in the medium and long term his country achieve self-sufficiency and to attract investment and foreign businesses to replace naturally aid economic.

"Tourism in Haiti, for example, has an immense potential and we are confident to be able to build a solid market in this sector, said the ruling Haitian to LISTÍN DIARIO.

Martelly added that next year will continue to work to implement its plan of Government in which occupy a preferential place free education for all children, housing for people who have lost their homes after the earthquake of January 2010.

Priorities representative also set its priorities a solid for Haitians health system and the reconstruction of Haiti that will ensure the necessary infrastructure to achieve the u000aobjectives and attracting investment from abroad for the creation of jobs sustainable.

"Subsidies received from the cooperation of a large number of countries in order to boost the reconstruction of the country are beginning to see its fruits in areas such as education, health, saw - vienda…," said Martelly to respond by electronic mail a questionnaire submitted by LISTÍN DIARIO and processed by its Office of the press in Santo Domingo.

"Deeply appreciate the generosity of so many countries that have helped us", said the ruling Haitian.

Martelly assumed the Presidency of Haiti on May 14 this year with the promise of changing the situation in his country, in the process of reconstruction after the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010 that left 222,570 deaths and losses by about 7,900 million dollars. Haiti also faces an epidemic of cholera which has claimed close to 7,000 u000adeceased.

Among other actions, the Government has proposed to mobilize resources by the order of 600,000 million gourdes ($150,000 million) for the period 2011-2015, creating a million direct jobs over five years and reorient the role of the interim Commission for the reconstruction of Haiti (CIRH), the agency that administers the aid after the earthquake of the year past.

"Have el formally to the Parliament (the CIRH) be extended by one month." "We are awaiting a decision by the parliamentarians, who are not sitting by el time", stated.

Achievements during 2011, Martelly said that the main commitment fulfilled by Government has been school subsidy 903,000 children throughout the country, which includes transportation and lunch, as well as the gradual return to normality of the education system after the tragedy of the 2010.

"These children, who have transport and" u000a"material school to attend classes, are one of the major goals that has been achieved, as well as the reconstruction work that we have carried out and that we have been able to relocate in housing many families", said the agent.

Martelly referred also to programme 16/6 (that is to deliver to 20,000 gourdes – about 500 $- victims that they can afford a new place of residence) and it has helped more than 30,000 people in the camps, and more than 150,000 in the neighborhoods damaged by the earthquake.

Airport reopened
the ruler underlined also the repair of the area of matches of the airport Toussaint Louverture in Port-au-Prince, which was opened to the public two weeks ago, and the start in almost the same period in a programme for the construction of more than 3,400 houses, 400 of which were promised 100 days ago and will be delivered in January.

The main u000adifficulty that faced Martelly this year was the time that it took the formation of a Government, "though for more than five months without it he could move much in the work of reconstruction, education, and housing", said the Haitian President to LISTÍN DIARIO.

"Was an experience of learning and working together with the Parliament.

We are all elected by the people and it is our duty to work together for the people, and it is what we are doing", added.

Martelly lasted five months without Prime Minister due to the refusal of members of Parliament to ratify the two first candidates proposed by the Executive for the position. In early October, and under strong pressure from the international community, the Haitian Parliament finally ratified Garry Conille as head of the Government.

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