Desperate protest of the inhabitants of Haiti. “Hideous sabotage”

Haiti is the next day without electricity. The inhabitants protesting in the capital forced the closing of the largest hydropower plant in the country on Tuesday and demand from the state authorities protection against gangs from state violence.

Protest that forced the closing of the largest hydroelectric power plant on Haitiled to a break in the supply of electricity to the capital (Port-Au-Prince) and the central region of the country-municipal service operators informed. Haiti is the next day without electricity – reports AFP.

Lawyer and activist Robenson Mazarin, who represents protesters in the occupied power plant, told AFP that their action is a response to leaving central cities of Mirebalais and Saut D'Eau without protection against gang activities. Haiti is controlled by powerful gangs, which repeatedly conducted attacks on law enforcement and residents.

– We decided to close the hydroelectric power plant because the government gave our cities into the hands of criminal gangs. The authorities refuse to send the necessary forces to drive the bandits and restore peace – said Mazarin, coordinator of the movement of involved citizens. “As long as this situation persists, the power plant remains closed,” he added.

Gangs terrorize Haiti

Since the end of March, the VIV Ansanm Gang coalition has been controlling Mirebalais and enabled 515 prisoners to escape. VIV Ansanm also forced the closing and evacuation of patients from the Mirebalais University Hospital, one of the largest medical service providers in the country.

In recent years, gangs have conducted attacks on cities located in the central part of the country. In March they attacked Mirebalais. At that time, armed attackers, driving through the city, fired at buildings and residents, and then released all prisoners from a local prison. Gangs also control at least 85 percent. area of ​​the capital, port-au-prince.

In April, the city of L'Artibonite, located in the central part of the country. According to information provided by Bertide Horace, a spokeswoman for one of the local non-governmental organizations, at least four people were killed as a result of fire exchange, including an 11-year-old child, and at least 15 more people were injured. A dozen or so houses were also burned. In connection with the threat, schools and shops were closed.

Haiti manages the transitional government, and since February he has experienced a new increase in violence, while the gangs have entered previously safe areas. This happens despite the partial distribution of a multinational security mission directed by Kenia In order to help local law enforcement agencies, AFP resembles.

United Nations Organization She warned that Haiti was approaching the “point without a retreat”, which threatens the country in “total chaos”.