Vice President of the Progressive National Force (FNP), Pelegrin Castilloaffirmed this Saturday that Haiti represents a danger for the country, therefore he understands it necessary to sign a national historical pact to prevent the social, economic and political crisis that that nation is experiencing from having repercussions on the national territory.
According to the politician, the Dominican Republic is currently facing an extreme, exceptional and critical situation, with the greatest dangers, risks and inconveniences for its existence as a national state.
Castillo said that beyond the parties and ideological positions, including particular interests, it is necessary to prevent the historical project: the Dominican Republic from suffering damage that is difficult to overcome or being destroyed in the context of a major conflict.
“The challenges posed to us by the condition of a failed state in Haiti, and the questionable attitude of the international community, are of such magnitude and complexity that they cannot be faced and overcome in isolation by any national political actor, nor with the spirit of take advantage of conjunctural positions, far from it, with the interest of extracting advantages of an electoral, partisan, sectoral or corporate nature”, he stated in a document.
He believes that there is a unique opportunity to get out of the “death trap that a set of factors and processes have placed us in.”
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Castillo understands that it is necessary to adopt commitments with the formulation and execution of effective and coherent State policies, both in matters of security and defense as well as foreign policy, in relation to the crisis in Haiti.
“These commitments must be based not only on a new approach to active and effective solidarity, but on the conviction that these are the only way to prevent a process of insular destabilization, with terrible continental effects.
He advocated for a permanent, reliable, effective and agile consultation between political and national actors, to ensure that important or sensitive decisions related to the insular agenda and its links with the agenda of foreign powers, have the broadest consensus.
A note
Without solution
Castillo expressed that there is not and will not be a Dominican solution to Haiti’s problems, after pointing out that these are issues that Haitians must solve. “A great national pact, for a State policy, must be a supreme strategic objective of the Dominican Republic and its ruling classes,” Castillo said in a document sent to the newsroom.
