Tuesday, Jean Victor Généus the Ambassador of Haiti to the Bahamas stated that social, political and economic stability of Haiti is based on the results of its upcoming presidential elections, highlighting the devastating impact that would have another failed attempt on the challenges of illegal migration in the Bahamas.

"If we don’t want to continue in this political mess [...] we have to do our best to have clean, transparent and democratic elections because there is a cost [...] If we don’t solve this problem then we are going to go deeper, deeper into a very volatile, explosive political situation and the consequence is that the Bahamas will receive more refugees.

That’s why we think it’s very important that our neighbours, Cuba, Bahamas, the US, be informed about what we want to do and also we welcome their support. We want them to send observers to see for themselves that what is being done is in conformity with the legal process. Observers not only from CARICOM but also local organisations (civil society)."

However, Généus does not think the government of the Bahamas has understood the "full picture", adding that he recommended to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Haiti to meet with diplomatic representatives of neighboring countries.

"Habitually the problem has come from fighting to control the electoral machinery. We don’t want it to be that way this time. We have been wasting time, we have been wasting opportunities and the situation in the country is dire," concluded the Ambassador Généus.

HL/ HaitiLibre