Martelly Employment - Haiti Observer Blog

The great political debate continues as claims made by the Haitian President, Michel Martelly as to the true fruits of the government's labor, where the unemployment crisis is concerned, are being vociferously refuted by members of the political sphere. Martelly is accused f grossly exaggerating the number of jobs created by his administration since his ascension to power, putting the number at 400,000.

According to his critics, this is just the latest o Martelly's hyperbolic claims, causing both outright and covert criticism. Senator Jean-Charles Moïse joked on a recent Radio Scoop FM show that Martelly did create 400,000 jobs, if one were to take those created in the fields of drug trafficking, kidnapping and money laundering into consideration. When, inevitably, given pause by the show's host, Garry Pierre Paul Charles, Moïse reiterated more seriously that the number was not justified by honest or permanent jobs.

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