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Child of Dessalines Platform Platfòm Pitit Desalin | |
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Leader | Jean-Charles Moïse |
Founded | December 2014 [1] |
Headquarters | Port-au-Prince |
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Social democracy Democratic socialism Dessalinism Haitian nationalism Left-wing populism |
Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
Colours | Red |
Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 118
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Senate | 0 / 30
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platfompititdessalines.com | |
Platfòm Pitit Desalin (English: Child of Dessalines Platform), named after Haitian revolutionary leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines, is a Haitian political party led by Jean-Charles Moïse. As of 11 April 2018 [update], the party had two seats in the Chamber of Deputies and one seat in the Senate. Since January 10, 2023, both houses of parliament in Haiti have been vacant. [2] The party leader, Jean-Charles Moïse, resigned as Senator in protest of an alleged bribe of $2.5 million offered to him by allies of President Michel Martelly and in order to run for president in the 2015 presidential election. He received 14.3% of the popular vote and came in third place. [3] In the aftermath of the election, the party played a major role in the opposition protests against eventual winner Jovenel Moïse. [4]
Jean-Charles Moïse and General Secretary of the party Assad Volcy have both been central figures in the movement against de facto head of state Ariel Henry. [5]
Platfòm Pitit Desalin have alleged mistreatment of their party members at the hands of the Haitian government. While Moïse was still a senator he was allegedly arrested and detained for half a day by Haitian police at a Pitit Desalin rally. [6] The party also claims that there have been police raids on its offices, as well as 30 politically motivated arrests of party members in November 2015. [6] One party activist, Maxo Gaspard, was shot and killed near the party offices, allegedly by a police officer, although the police have denied their involvement. [6]
Platfòm Pitit Desalin lists its three central pillars as: sovereignty in the political sector, solidarity in the social sector, and prosperity in the economic sector. [7] It is a left-wing nationalist party, with connections to the Fanmi Lavalas movement of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. [8]
The party states that "it is committed to working for a just society based on national sovereignty and economic and social development for all of its sons, in accordance with Dessalinian ideals." [8] They also support an "equitable redistribution of wealth" in Haiti. [7]
The party advocates for "peaceful revolution" in Haiti, but Moïse has also encouraged demonstrators to "arm themselves with machetes", while stressing that he was not telling them to use firearms. [9]