Thursday, August 22, Jude Edouard Pierre, President of the National Federation of Mayors of Haiti (FENAMH) and Mayor of Carrefour, announced the death in a hospital in the Dominican Republic of Jean Éric Béliard, (elected in 2015) Mayor of the district of Quartier Morin, near Cap-Haitien (North) following a brain tumor bravely supported. The Ministry of the Interior and local authorities will meet with the family of the deceased to plan funerals and provisions for funerals will soon be announced, said Jude Edouard Pierre.

The festivities of the celebration of the Patron Saint of Quartier Morin (Saint-Louis) were suspended by the municipal administration at the announcement of this news,

Sympathy Messages :

"The death of the Principal Mayor of the district of Quartier Morin, Mr. Jean Eric Belliard, touches me deeply. All my thoughts and full solidarity with his family, his constituents and his former colleagues at FENAMH" President Jovenel Moïse

"The Communal Administration of Cap-Haitien learned with great difficulty the death of the Mayor of Quartier-Morin. In this circumstance, we extend our sincere sympathies to his family and to the entire population of Quartier-Morin. "

"The disappearance of my colleague Jean Eric Belliard, Mayor of the district of Quartier-Morin is a huge loss for the entire Northern Department. I offer my sincere condolences to his family, his colleagues and all morinois, morinoises, Yvrose Pierre, Mayor of Cap-Haïtien

"Rony Colin, the Mayor of Croix-des-Bouquets learned with sadness the sad news of the death of the District Mayor Jean Éric Béliard. As a sign of sympathy, the Communal Administration of Croix-des-Bouquets will observe, Friday, August 23, after the rise of the Flag, a minute of meditation in memory of the Mayor of Quartier Morin.

[...] In this painful circumstance, the Croix-des-Bouquets Municipal Council presents its deepest sympathies to the bereaved family, to the deputy mayors and employees of the Quartier Morin Municipal Administration, to the relatives and friends of the deceased, to the members of the Association of North Mayors (AMNORD) and those of the National Federation of Mayors of Haiti (FENAMH), to the population of Quartier Morin, to all those affected by this regrettable and unexpected departure."

"FENAMH collapses after the news of the death of the Chief Mayor of Quartier-Morin Jean Eric Belliard this morning. 10th death in our ranks ! Mourning, another new ? God, deliver us from this evil ! All our sympathies to his family, his colleagues and his constituents !" Jude Edouard Pierre, President of FENAMH and Mayor of Carrefour.

HL/ HaitiLibre