The Active Solidarity to the Struggle of Haitians Consumers (Solidarité Active à la Lutte des Consommateurs Haïtiens - SALCONH), an organization of Civil Society welcomes the tablingto the office of the Senate of the Bill on Consumer Protection.

SALCONH strongly encourages parliamentarians to bring their support for its adoption both in the Senate and the Lower House in order to provide Haitian consumers with an indispensable tool for the defense of their rights.

Otherwise it takes note of circular 101-3 of the BRH asking banks and credit card companies to carry out their operations both in Haiti and abroad exclusively in gourdes from December 2017 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21803-haiti-flash-changes-in-credit-card-transactions.html . Courageous initiative of the Governor who participates in an attempt to conserve and protect an element of national identity, the national currency, the gourde.

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