Pa Ka Tann Operation calls for reinstatement of Persecuted Haitian Civil Servants
Hilaire Prophete, Spokesman for Pa Ka Tann Operation (OPK), reiterates the demands for the reinstatement of former public administration employees, thousands of who were laid off for political reasons by the Interim government of Gerald Latortue (2004-2006). The Latortue government worked closely with IMF and World Bank bureaucrats to lay off workers hired under the Aristide government, which drastically hurt the ability of the Haitian state to provide the limited services it had prior. Many of the laid off workers supported the constitutional government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide (2001-2004)...