Military Engineer - Haiti Observer Blog

On Monday, May 9, 2016 the tension was very high at the gate of the Minister of Defense in Pacot. It was reported that several dozens of armed soldiers from the body of Military of Engineering(CORGE) took position at the gate of the Minister of Defense, preventing access to the employees of the minister. They locked the main gate of the institution to demand their use in securing the country.

Enex Jean Charles who is both the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense was unable to access the facility either.

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President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Evans Paul adopted a Decree at the "Conseil Des Ministres" that took place on November 9, 2015 for the establishment and functioning of the Defense Ministry which in turn reorganized the Haitian army that was eliminated on in 1994. Remember, this was one of the promises from candidate Michel Martelly in 2010. How this new army will be finance, no one knows.

Haitian Kreyol:
Mesanmi, Talon kikit retounin pi red, militè ayisyen tounen yon lòt fwa ankò.

Prezidan Michel Martelly ak Pwemye Minis Evans Paul te adopte yon dekrè nan "Conseil Des ministr" ki te fèt 9 novanm 2015 pase pou etablisman ak fonksyonman Ministè defans ki reorganize lame Ayisyen an ki te elimine nan lanne 1994. Sonje se te youn nan pwomès kandida Michel Martelly nan 2010.

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A large-scale infrastructure project has been nearly completed in the town of Petite Riviere de l'Artibonite (PRA). A corps of 30 military engineers, trained by the Ecuadorian government, was praised by Prime Minister (PM) Lamothe ". . . for the work you are carrying out in this community . . ."

The corps of engineers (COE) built three sections of road and other parts of PRA that encompassed Louverture Street, La Crete Pierrot Fort, and an in-progress clean drinking water project. The COE have also participated in combating the Chikungunya epidemic.

The government of Haiti (GOH) has partnered with Ecuador to implement these projects within the parameters of GOH's curtailed budget. The message GOH is sending to the world, according to PM Lamothe, is the importance of funding COE correlates with Haiti's ability to assert its economic self-rule, and put in place a security infrastructure that will respond to foreign incursions upon its soil.

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