Friday, December 17, 2004
Se pa nan lari pwoblèm nan ye (Kreyòl)
What is good or bad for Ayiti? (English)
Djalòki:
I still believe that real change won’t come from the political arena. There is a more subtle scheme at work, bigger and wider, but at the same time deeper and closer to everyone of us Humans. It is about our species and its evolutionary process within the evolution of life on our planet, herself in a cosmic evolutionary path, of which we are instrumental agents from within our minds and hearts. Of course, political awareness is fundamental to understand the world we are living in, and it is much lacking among most US citizens right now.
Friend:
I want to know what you think would be good for Haiti.
Djalòki:
Ayiti’s “problem” is part of an overall world “problem”. Looking at Ayiti, where truth is crudely exposed, allows one to see the hidden side of reality worldwide. Hunger, misery, poverty, violence and illness in Ayiti are directly linked to apparent opulence, prosperity, wealth, stability and health in “developped” countries. The “solution”, if any, for Ayiti, cannot be looked for separately from a “solution” for the world. Part of the answers will have to come from Washington, as well as from Port-au-Prince. Other answers will have to come from changes in the beliefs and lifestyles of almost each and every human being on Earth. We are talking of a major wide scale revolution.
On the Ayitian side, it would be good for Ayiti that Ayitians start thinking for themselves, stop dreaming the American Dream, stop rejecting their own values, culture and traditions, heal from the wounds of slavery and colonization, and finally devise a model of society that will respond to their own profound needs and paradigms. This model WILL be different than the commonly accepted modern model of a democratic, capitalistic, rational, industrial, “civilized” society.
Friend:
Is Aristide good, even if he does suppress resistance? He is
better than a pure dictator, but is there an alternative? Should we rely
on the “power of the poor in Haiti” ! (as Paul Farmer describes the force
that put Aristide into power originally) to replace the government with
a better one once it has gone sour?
Djalòki:
The Ayitian people should be the one left to decide which leader and which governance style they want. So far, the decision as to who should be leading the Ayitian people has always been taken in, or consulted with Washington, and enforced by political and economical means, as well as military. This will NEVER ensure stability, peace or healing in Ayiti. The question is not whether Aristide was good or not. He was forcibly removed by foreign powers before the end of his term (his “resignation” letter was handed to a US official; quite bizarre for a head of state, isn’t it?). This will have negative political (and thus economic) consequences for years to come, and psycho-spiritual negative consequences for decades to come.
Friend:
I also wonder about the Lavalas party now. Are they really responsible
for the violence that is currently happening? Is the violence just in
retaliation to the pro-Aristide protest that turned violent?
Djalòki:
All factions in the race for power are partly responsible for the current violence, the Lavalas party or their followers, the Ayitian government or their followers, the ex-army or their new recruits, the “democratic” business driven sector, the US government, among others. None of them want the system to change. They just want to be in charge of it and within it, for power and money.