The Dominican Council of Evangelical Unity (CODUE) warned this morning that the massive and overflowing presence of illegal Haitians, as is currently the case, endangers food security and social stability in the Dominican Republic.
Feliciano Lancen, president of the entity, at the same time supported the proposal of President Luís Abinader during his accountability the day before yesterday, for the signing of a great national pact to face the Haitian crisis.
He said that the country currently has the capacity for quality food for its population, but the problem begins when it has to assume the burden of a population such as the Haitian population that for decades has suffered many needs and insecurity of all kinds.
“Look, obviously an overflowing migration like the one we have affects food security in a country that until now has the capacity to produce our food for our local market, if a massive migration comes, not only the Dominican Republic, any country that happens to it. that will affect food security,” he said.
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He added that “we also know that there are sectors that support the illegals, that vulnerable group to take advantage of them, not pay them what they have to pay because they benefit from that disorder on that side.”
Lancen stressed that many rich Haitians living in the country are not attacked, they are not bothered and it is not known if they are legal or not.
“Those upper-class Haitians who live in the country are not attacked, they have businesses, they have good apartments, they have many meetings with Dominicans, that is, there is a collusion of many sectors to keep illegal Haitians marginalized,” he said. he religious leader.
He added that “illegal migration also affects the health system, but not only the irregular migration of Haitians, but of any nationality.”
Lancen supported President Abinader’s proposal for the signing of a grand pact where a common and unified position of all sectors of the country is agreed to face the serious crisis affecting Haiti.
He said that in the call for the discussion of solutions to the instability and insecurity, and disorder in which the neighbor develops, all sectors of the country must participate.
Trajano Vidal
On his side, the jurist Trajano Vidal Potentini, president of the Institutionality and Justice Foundation (FJT), said that the Dominican government is not in a position to feed more than 2 million Haitians who are living illegally in the country.
He supported the president’s call to agree on a common position between the government, opponents and civil society organizations regarding the Haitian crisis.
At the same time, he stated that the dialogue should not be managed by the Social Economic Center (CES) because in his opinion this entity is exclusive and has not proven to be efficient.
“What we have to highlight is that it is the biggest problem that any nation can face, especially because of this dominance that the gang has, because of this kind of civil war that Haiti is experiencing,” he said.
The proposal
Abinader called on February 27 for a great national pact for a firm, strategic and uniform State policy that protects and gives confidence to the Dominican people, in the face of the situation in Haiti.
“The Dominican Republic in everything related to Haiti and its crises, must have a unified position or the broadest consensus,” said the president in his accountability speech before the joint meeting of the legislative chambers in the National Assembly hall. .
In his 77-page speech, he said that he wants to make it clear that “our immigration policy is set only by the Dominican Government and we will always execute it in defense of our sovereignty.”
He indicated that never before had any government done so much to protect the integrity of the Dominican Republic along its border.
