Somalia is regarded as Gold Standard for Lawlessness & Chaos

The Haitian President – Jovenel Moïse – shot dead by gunmen with heavy-caliber weapons on Wednesday in his private residence in the capital Port-au-Prince

A Haitian – in an interview regarding the assassination of his country’s president – said that his country is following in the footsteps of Somalia.

Somalia is regarded as Gold Standard for Lawlessness & Chaos in contrast to Somaliland Republic where rule of law and smooth democratization process has been underway for the past 30 years

Ralph Chevry, a board member of the Haiti Center for Socio Economic Policy in Port-au-Prince, lives just over a kilometer from the president’s residence.

Chevry spoke with “As It Happens” guest host Duncan McCue on Wednesday about what he heard of the gunfire during assassination, he made this remarks about Somalia.

 

What was your reaction when you learned that the president had been killed?

Shocked. You know, this is something that we don’t want to live through. It’s a very difficult thing to deal with. It’s also very frustrating that we had talked about this. I had already mentioned in certain interviews that we felt that this was the making of a Somalia, and this incident kind of corroborated or made it true. Sadly enough. I feel like we are living in Somalia now. There’s no doubt about it.

What do you mean by that?

Well no law, none of the institutions function, the country is bankrupt. The government’s gone really rogue. There’s no government.