Parents panicked, Minister deplores

On Tuesday, Pierre Josué Agénor Cadet, the Minister of National Education at a press briefing given at the official residence of the Prime Minister, deplored the closure of schools in the west department, alleging this situation to intimidation and threats of violence "This has created fear among parents. On Monday, while schools in the other 9 departments were functioning normally, many schools in the west department remained closed because parents and school leaders were panicked."

MARIA, Moïse in NY keeps in touch

President Moïse in New York said he is in permanent contact with Civil Protection to ensure that the devices have been reactivated as Hurricane Maria has reverted to category 5 since 8:00 am on Tuesday, specifying "The Prime Minister Lafontant is instructed to mobilize the resources necessary for an adequate response to the danger that represent MARIA for Haiti."

CONAHNE warns the President

Édouard Paultre, Coordinator of CONAHNE, called on the Government and Parliament to hear reason about the budget, saying that otherwise, "the 5-year term of Jovenel Moise is at enormous risk."

Vodouists for the withdrawal of the budget

Me Alix Compas, responsible for political and legal affairs of the National Confederation of Haitian Vodouists, supports any mobilization aimed at getting President Moïse to withdraw the budget, considering that the last message of the Head of State https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22135-haiti-flash-moise-asserts-his-authority-and-publishes-the-budget.html has only aggravated the situation.

Payment of arrears of risk premiums to the PNH

Michel-Ange Gedeon, Director General of the National Police of Haiti (PNH), in a note addressed to the Central Directors, the Departmental Directors and the Specialized Units states that "the General Directorate of the National Police of Haiti informs you that the Haitian state, through the Ministry of Economy and Finance, is working hard to allow the police officers to collect the arrears of risk premiums by September 23 at the latest."

Protestant Federation calls Jovenel Moïse to reason

The President of the Protestant Federation of Haiti, Pastor Sylvain Exantus, calls on the Head of State to listen to the people and to urgently enter into consultations with all sectors around a possible modification of the contested budget.

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