Discours de Juan Gabriel Valdès, Ambassadeur du Chili, à Washington, DC, le 6 novembre 2014

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Discours de Juan Gabriel Valds,

Ambassadeur du Chili, Washington,

DC, le 6 novembre 2014R: Dcoration de Son Excellence M. lancien Premier Ministre dHati Grard

Latortue avec la Grande Croix de lOrdre du Mrite du Chili confre par la

Prsidente Michelle Bachelet.

Les Hatiens parlent toujours de lingrence trangre. Lingrence qui a conduit ma

nominationparce que cest la communaut internationale qui a cr un Comit Tripartite

pour dsigner par appel doffres un Premier Ministre, chercher un peu partout dans la

diaspora hatienne. Cette dcision est prise aprs que lOEA eut envoy vingt trois 23

missions en Hati pour essayer de rapprocher ce quon appelait lpoque la Convergence

Dmocratique et puis les Lavalassiens. Ils narrivent pas sentendre. Et finalement, on est

venu avec cette formule, je suis devenu Premier Ministre.Gerard Latortue, le 6 novembre

2014


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DISCURSO CON DECORACION GERARD LATORTUE

Querido amigo Gerard Latortue, Ex Primer Ministro de Haiti.

Sr. Secretario General de la OEA, Jos Miguel Insulza

Seores Embajadores de la Repblica Argentina, del Brasil de

Per, del Salvador, del Paraguay y el Uruguay.

Sr. Embajador de Hait ante los Estados Unidos,

Sr. Embajador de Hait ante la Organizacin de Estados

Americanos.Sr. Embajador de Chile ante la Organizacin de Estados

Americanos.

Amigos del Primer Ministro.

Miembros de la embajada de Chile

Seores y seoras :

Permettez-moi de commencer ce bref discours en franais. Je

voudrais tout dabord saluer la prsence de Madame Marlene

Zphirin Latortue et de ses filles Alexia, Stphanie et Jolle et ses

familles. Soyez les bienvenues dans cette maison pas seulement

voisine mais amie dHati.

Cest vraiment un grand honneur de dcorer Son Excellence M.

lancien Premier Ministre dHati Grard Latortue avec la Grande

Croix de lordre du mrite de mon pays qui lui a t confre parnotre Prsidente Michelle Bachelet. Je ne cache pas dans cette

occasion les sentiments personnels damiti qui me lient

Grard Latortue avec qui jai eu la chance de travailler la main

dans la main pendant deux annes passionnantes et difficiles.


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Vivre directement cette transition hatienne, tre un tmoin

engag, quelques fois mme un participant a des dcisions

difficiles, ma permis non seulement apprcier la grande qualit

humaine du Premier Ministre, mais aussi sa vision politique, sa

rsilience en face de ladversit, son esprit ouvert toutes les

ides a seule condition quelles rejettent la violence est la

division entre les Hatiens.

Dear friends,

La Gran Cruz de la Orden Al Mrito de Chile is a distinction

conceded to illustrious foreigners who have rendered important

services to Chile. It was founded by Bernardo OHiggins our

national hero to show appreciation to our Latin American

brothers, and our friends in the world, who had helped us in our

process of independence from Spain.

Today, with this medal, our government wants to express its

gratitude to Prime Minister Grard Latortue for his support and

that of his government to MINUSTAH, the United Nations Mission

during its initial and most difficult phase in the country. In 2004,

five hundred Chileans and more than 2000 Latin Americans wentto the island to help Haitians overcome a historic moment of

great division and polarization. The UN Security Council gave

MINUSTAH the task to defeat violence, to guarantee security and

stability and assist the Transitional Government in the

organization of free elections that could guarantee a recuperation

of Constitutional rule. Without the support of the Prime Minister

and the transitional government our effort would have been

impossible and our task even more difficult than it was.

We Chileans know well what transition to democracy is. We know

that even when it begins, like ours, with a plebiscite; it is a very

tough and tricky exercise. Let me say that much more difficult

was a transition that started, like that of Haiti, within a context of


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crisis, chaos and violence. Much more complex was a transition

which had to lead in two years time towards elections organized

in such a way as to be respected by everybody. If one considers

that this political process was taking place in a society with

tremendous political and social divisions, penalized by a long

history of authoritarianism, poverty and conspiratorial politics,

one can figure out the dimension of the task Prime Minister

Latortue had to complete.

The transitional government followed this dangerous path

towards peace with great courage and dedication. The Prime

Minister defined in a very clear way what its spirit was in: Le

livre Blanc du gouvernement de transition en Haiti.

Rien ne nous paraissait plus important que de donner lachance au peuple hatien de choisir librement etdmocratiquement ses futurs dirigeants. Le gouvernementintrimaire sest mis au service de tous les Hatiens sansdistinction de classes sociales ou daffiliation politique. Ilny avait pour nous ni tontons macoutes, ni kamoken, nichimres. Il ny avait que des Hatiens.

In formal meetings each Tuesday in the Primature, or informalgatherings in the Prime Minister Residence, the chief of theUnited Nations Mission was always allowed direct access to thePrime Minister or to his direct collaborators, like my dear friendthe Interior Minister General Herald Abraham. Our concerns werelistened, our viewpoints considered. The mission military leaders,Generals Heleno, Bacellar and Elito from Brazil; General Luganifrom Argentina; and General Aldunate from Chile, were alsoreceived permanently by the Prime Minister. In fact his doorswere open to any member of our Mission that needed directcontact.

Prime Minister Latortue had a clear vision of his role as leader oftransition, as a peacemaker among Haitians but also as a partnerof the international community in confronting a national situation


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which had come to agenda of the Security Council of the UnitedNations. We did not always agree, but there was always respectfor the functions each had to perform.

The basis of this united effort was the respect the Transitionalgovernment showed towards the Haitian process. Thegovernment leaded by Prime Minister Latortue did not intervenein the process leading to the elections. It maintained itsimpartiality Vis a Vis the competing parties while reaffirming atthe same time that nothing, no act of violence or conspiracygroup, would alter its decision to carry out an open and freeelectoral process.

Chers amis, comme participant de cette histoire, je me sens

quelques fois dcourag quand je dcouvre une manque dereconnaissance vers ce gouvernement qui na cd a aucunetentation de conserver le pouvoir, de se voir projete par desamis ou associs, dutiliser la magouille pour changer lhistoire.Quelques-uns entre vous me direz peut tre que cette manquede reconnaissance est trs hatienne, moi je peux vous assurerquelle est trs latino-amricaine, peut tre, trs humaine. Mais ily aura un moment je vous assure dans lequel l histoire de Hatireconnaitra comment les standards de dignit et desprit

rpublicain du bref gouvernement du Premier Ministre Latortuesont essentiels pour conserver ce pays dans une ligneinstitutionnelle et dmocratique.

Que ce geste de reconnaissance que nous Chiliens faisonsaujourdhui puisse servir le souligner.

Msi anpil

Thank you very much,

Muchas gracias a todos.

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Discours de Juan Gabriel Valdès, Ambassadeur du Chili, à Washington, DC, le 6 novembre 2014