Haiti - DR : Dominican nationalists fear that the Haitian crisis turns into an island crisis
Following the vote in the UN Security Council on the ultimate extension of the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Support of Justice in Haiti (Minujusth) and the confirmation of his departure from Haiti on October 15, 2019 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27447-haiti-flash-the-security-council-votes-the-last-extension-of-the-minujusth-mandate.html , the former Minister of the Minister of Energy and Mines Pelegrin Castillo, Vice President of the National Progressive Force (Nationalist Right Party) warned that the withdrawal of the United Nations Mission in Haiti in October 2019, risks aggravating the Haitian crisis while that elections are scheduled for the same month in Haiti.
He stressed that this crisis could be transformed into an island crisis likely to affect the peace and stability not only of the Dominican Republic but also of the Caribbean region affirming that this scenario "is known to all the actors of the international community" and criticizes the weakness of the Dominican Government, which preferred to abstain with Russia, rather than vote against this "premature" withdrawal.
"The international powers are perfectly aware that the situation in Haiti is very serious [...] that is why this withdrawal is unacceptable for the moment. It simply means that if their real plan is to let the situation deteriorate further, it could be an opportunity for the international, during an island and regional conflict, to re-engage for a long time throughout the island. That is why I think that instead of abstaining the Dominican Government should have taken a firm stance and denounce the inefficiency and historical inadequacy of international action and ask for guarantees for the integrity of our territory, which can not remain the buffer zone of the Haitian crisis."
The vice-president of the PNP is convinced that some countries in the region want to link the political crisis that affects Haiti to the Dominican Republic and against these maneuvers, he urges the Dominicans to organize and mobilize to reject this project to impose a Dominican solution to the problems of Haiti, a solution that for Castillo, is the responsibility of the international community "We should not allow the international to make Haiti the center of a regional conflict that would allow some countries divert attention from major regional conflicts affecting Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Bolivia."
