Sean Penn interpellates France

Friday in Cannes, Sean Penn speaking to France declared "France has taken a lot of commitments there [in Haiti] like other countries, including the U.S. [...] France has made ​​great efforts to help Haiti, but we expect that these commitments are fully respected and maintained." In his evening speech, the actor declared "Politically, I hope that Presidents Obama and Holland will bring their common support to the young government of Haiti. Each its conscience, its responsibilities. Me, I would be ashamed if if I had done nothing."

The new Minister of Justice will be merciless....*

Me Jean Renel Sanon, the new Minister of Justice and Public Security [the 3rd since the accession to power of President Martelly], promised at his inauguration, to continue the work begun by his predecessor and affirmed that his ministry "will live up to the ideal set by the Head of State." The new minister, an ardent defender of the police, has promised to crack down against those who attack the police. "I will be merciless against those who attack the police. Because the police officers who protect our lives and our goods, they too must feel protected," he also intend making the fight against prolonged pretrial detention and the improvement of prison conditions, its priorities.

Emergency Preparedness will activate for the upcoming season...

Marie Alta Jean Baptiste, Director of the Haitian Civil Protection presented this week at the first Council of Ministers its operational plan to reduce the major natural hazards during the next coming season. She said that already 300 temporary shelters are ready and 32 flat-bottomed boats were scattered in different coastal areas, without forgetting the formation of 64 rescuers determined to participate in possible rescue operations. Centres of emergency operations, particularly in the Artibonite, South, Grande Anse and the North have been installed including a Press Centre to facilitate communications with the public. The President Martelly gave formal instructions for the creation of an Interministerial Commission, entrusted to the Ministry of the Interior by the Prime Minister Lamothe, for proper coordination of efforts to protect the population during the hurricane season.

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