Chancellery holds meetings to answer attack on Consulate in Hait
Parties and organizations from the civil society condemn aggression and flagburning
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SD. A day after the Haitian government condemned the aggression against the Dominican Consulate in Port-au-Prince, and called on its citizens to avoid actions which would contribute "to deteriorate even more" the bilateral relations, the Dominican Chancellery initiated yesterday the consultation for which it had called its ambassador, Ruben Silie a and the consul general Ramon de la Rosa.
The meeting with the Dominican diplomatic representatives is being held at the Ministry of Foreign Relations, headed by the Chancellor Andres Navarro, and it was not reported as to when it would end.
This comes about after Wednesday's incident when a group of Haitian demonstrators, considered by their government to be "malicious," attacked the Consulate in Port-au-Prince, and burned the Dominican flag, during a march against "Racism and Zeno phobia," which the participants in the protests said exist in the Dominican Republic towards their compatriots.
The locale of the Consulate remained closed yesterday by decision of the Dominican government which, through the Chancellor, protested on Wednesday night. The official said that the country cannot accept "under any circumstance" the aggressions to which it was subjected.
In the midst of this situation, the Haitian government confirmed the appointment of a new ambassador to the Dominican Republic in substitution of Fritz Cineas. The new ambassador is Daniel Supplice, who had already been selected for the job in March 2013, in a Haiti that at the time was immersed in a political crisis.
Supplice has vast experience in the fields of diplomacy and immigration, since he has been an ambassador and consul in different countries, and has occupied positions in the central government.
The Minister of Interior and Police of the Dominican Republic, José Ramon Fadul, said that the Chancellery is the agency that should determine whether or not to reinforce the diplomatic legations in the neighboring country, and he discarded that there would be any reprisals. He said that they would have to wait on the position of President Danilo Medina who is the one who establishes the country's foreign policy.
José Tomas Perez, the Dominican ambassador in Washington, recalled that the Dominican government is investing more than RD$1.0 billion in a Normalization Plan, which benefits thousands of descendents of Haitians born in the Dominican Republic. Nevertheless, he feels that the Haitian government has not responded in the same proportion in order for this to be successful.
In the meantime, the President of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), Miguel Vargas, said that the attack and removal of the Dominican flag on the Consulate of the DR in Port-au-Prince, constitutes a provocation which must be answered with prudence, but energetically, by the government, which should demand that the Haitian authorities provide security to all Dominicans in Haiti.
The presidential candidate of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC), Federico Antun Batlle, said that the international community was responsible for the situation, "because of an irresponsible attitude by which they have left the great problem of that nation (Haiti) to the Dominican Republic."
Roque Feliz, the director of the Bono Center, an organization which works with immigrants, felt that the attack on the Consulate was an expression of some sectors of the Haitian and Dominican societies which incite extremist positions and violence, and the that do not contribute to the proper development of bi-national relations.
In the National Congress, deputies Miriam Cabral, Victor Suarez and Vinicio Castillo and Senator Tommy Galan expressed their support for the position taken by the government through the Chancellery. They suggest investigating what happened, and to treat the incident with much prudence.
José Ramon Fadul, Minister of Interior and Police
The official said that he felt that the Haitian actions were regrettable, but he understands that this situation must be resolved in the diplomatic field. "This outrage is incalculable, but this is not a problem due to a lack of security," he said.
Miguel Vargas, president of the PRD
He said that the incidence in which Haitians which live on Dominican soil might become involved individually, should never lead to the extreme of the "unacceptable" attack on the representation of the State.
Interests
"We have been patient, tolerant, at times excessively tolerant, but I believe that it is time for the Dominican Republic to really lay out a policy towards Haiti in which the national interests take precedence because this is the purpose of all foreign policy," said the former Chancellor Joaquin Ricardo Balaguer.
He said that he feels that the country has made an "enormous sacrifice" as the result of Law 169 - 14, which establishes a special regime for persons who were improperly registered, which he hopes will not be in vain.
The meeting with the Dominican diplomatic representatives is being held at the Ministry of Foreign Relations, headed by the Chancellor Andres Navarro, and it was not reported as to when it would end.
This comes about after Wednesday's incident when a group of Haitian demonstrators, considered by their government to be "malicious," attacked the Consulate in Port-au-Prince, and burned the Dominican flag, during a march against "Racism and Zeno phobia," which the participants in the protests said exist in the Dominican Republic towards their compatriots.
The locale of the Consulate remained closed yesterday by decision of the Dominican government which, through the Chancellor, protested on Wednesday night. The official said that the country cannot accept "under any circumstance" the aggressions to which it was subjected.
In the midst of this situation, the Haitian government confirmed the appointment of a new ambassador to the Dominican Republic in substitution of Fritz Cineas. The new ambassador is Daniel Supplice, who had already been selected for the job in March 2013, in a Haiti that at the time was immersed in a political crisis.
Supplice has vast experience in the fields of diplomacy and immigration, since he has been an ambassador and consul in different countries, and has occupied positions in the central government.
The Minister of Interior and Police of the Dominican Republic, José Ramon Fadul, said that the Chancellery is the agency that should determine whether or not to reinforce the diplomatic legations in the neighboring country, and he discarded that there would be any reprisals. He said that they would have to wait on the position of President Danilo Medina who is the one who establishes the country's foreign policy.
José Tomas Perez, the Dominican ambassador in Washington, recalled that the Dominican government is investing more than RD$1.0 billion in a Normalization Plan, which benefits thousands of descendents of Haitians born in the Dominican Republic. Nevertheless, he feels that the Haitian government has not responded in the same proportion in order for this to be successful.
In the meantime, the President of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), Miguel Vargas, said that the attack and removal of the Dominican flag on the Consulate of the DR in Port-au-Prince, constitutes a provocation which must be answered with prudence, but energetically, by the government, which should demand that the Haitian authorities provide security to all Dominicans in Haiti.
The presidential candidate of the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC), Federico Antun Batlle, said that the international community was responsible for the situation, "because of an irresponsible attitude by which they have left the great problem of that nation (Haiti) to the Dominican Republic."
Roque Feliz, the director of the Bono Center, an organization which works with immigrants, felt that the attack on the Consulate was an expression of some sectors of the Haitian and Dominican societies which incite extremist positions and violence, and the that do not contribute to the proper development of bi-national relations.
In the National Congress, deputies Miriam Cabral, Victor Suarez and Vinicio Castillo and Senator Tommy Galan expressed their support for the position taken by the government through the Chancellery. They suggest investigating what happened, and to treat the incident with much prudence.
José Ramon Fadul, Minister of Interior and Police
The official said that he felt that the Haitian actions were regrettable, but he understands that this situation must be resolved in the diplomatic field. "This outrage is incalculable, but this is not a problem due to a lack of security," he said.
Miguel Vargas, president of the PRD
He said that the incidence in which Haitians which live on Dominican soil might become involved individually, should never lead to the extreme of the "unacceptable" attack on the representation of the State.
Interests
"We have been patient, tolerant, at times excessively tolerant, but I believe that it is time for the Dominican Republic to really lay out a policy towards Haiti in which the national interests take precedence because this is the purpose of all foreign policy," said the former Chancellor Joaquin Ricardo Balaguer.
He said that he feels that the country has made an "enormous sacrifice" as the result of Law 169 - 14, which establishes a special regime for persons who were improperly registered, which he hopes will not be in vain.
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