[ppi] [ppiindia] Presiden Haiti memanggil dunia untuk bantuan<-- penyelesaian konflik

** ppi-india **

  Perlu ada uluran tangan umat umat untuk membantu menyelesaikan 
masalah konflik Haiti. Dilakukan lewat pemilu ulang,perdamaian, 
keadilan, kesadaran, agamawan dan dialog kebersamaan. Cara ini satu 
satu dapat menghentikan konflik berpanjangan daripada dilakukan 
perlawanan pertumpahdarahan.

Inilah dapat adalah HOMEWORKNya untuk masyarakat Islam dan dunia agar 
lebih memperhatikan kemanusiaan dan penyelesaian konflik di mana 
tempat berkonflik yang tidak diharapkanNya.

segala puji bagi Allah,

wassalam


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Haitian President Appeals for World Help    


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - President Jean-Bertrand Aristide appealed 
Tuesday for the world to come to Haiti's aid, warning that thousands 
of deaths and a wave of boat people could result from political 
chaos. 

"Should those killers come to Port-au-Prince, you may have thousands 
of people who may be killed," Aristide said at a news conference. "We 
need the presence of the international community as soon as 
possible." 

Aristide made the appeal as rebels threatened the capital and hours 
before opposition politicians were to give a formal response to a 
U.S.-backed peace plan at 5 p.m. 

Asked if he was calling for a military intervention, Aristide said he 
wanted the international community to strengthen Haiti's police 
force, under an old agreement with the Organization of American 
States. 

On Monday, Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) 
telephoned officials from the opposition coalition and persuaded them 
to delay their response as the United States and others appeared to 
be making last-ditch efforts to win a political compromise. 

The rebels have set up a base in Gonaives, Haiti's fourth-largest 
city 70 miles northwest of Port-au-Prince, and rebel leader Guy 
Philippe said he was setting up a second one in Cap-Haitien, the 
northern port and second-largest city that was seized Sunday. 

But Philippe told The Associated Press that he has been using a 
strategy of seizing towns, systematically driving out enemies, 
winning over the population and moving to the next target. The rebels 
effectively control the north now and the central Artibonite District 
where more than 1 million people live. 

He also said in an interview with the AP that he does not want to 
install a military dictatorship but is seeking to re-establish the 
army that was disbanded after ousting Aristide in 1991. 

An attack on Port-au-Prince was unlikely Tuesday, as Philippe said 
his fighters had spent the night searching in vain for government 
forces. 

Aristide agreed to the peace plan Saturday, but his political 
opponents have stalled, insisting that only his resignation can 
guarantee peace. The plan would allow him to remain president with 
diminished powers, sharing with political rivals a government that 
would organize elections. 

Western diplomats in Port-au-Prince confirmed Tuesday that Aristide 
had asked France for military intervention last week, when he 
publicly was asking only for more international assistance to 
strengthen his demoralized police force. 

French President Jacques Chirac said Tuesday his country is ready to 
consider contributing to any eventual peacekeeping force, but only 
one approved by the United Nations (news - web sites). 

"France does not exclude contributing to a civilian force for peace," 
he said, adding however that such a deployment "depends on a decision 
of the Security Council." 

French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin is to meet later this 
week in Paris with representatives of the Haitian government and 
opposition to try to resolve the crisis, the ministry said. 

"New efforts are being pursued today to persuade the legal opposition 
to adopt a constructive attitude," said ministry spokesman Herve 
Ladsous. 

The United States sent 50 Marines to Port-au-Prince on Monday, but 
Western diplomats and a Defense Department official insisted their 
mission was only to protect the U.S. Embassy and staff. 

At his news conference, Aristide made an emotional call for Haitians 
to stay in the country, instead of fleeing to Florida, so that they 
can vote in new elections. 

"The criminals and terrorists went to the north, to Port-de-Paix, and 
burned private and public buses, killing people," Aristide said. 

"Unfortunately many brothers and sisters in Port-de-Paix will not 
come down to Port-au-Prince; they will take to the sea, they will 
become boat people," he said. 

Most boat people seeking to go to the United States are picked up by 
the U.S. Coast Guard (news - web sites) and returned home. Others 
land up in the Bahamas and Cuba. On Monday, 32 Haitian boat people 
landed in Jamaica, bringing to 62 the number who have arrived there 
in three boatloads in the past 10 days. 

Jamaica has not seen numbers like that since the flood of boat people 
that fled a brutal military dictatorship in Haiti in 1991-94. Then, 
tens of thousands of refugees reached Florida's shores. 

Ten years ago, Washington sent 20,000 troops in 1994 to end the 
dictatorship, restore Aristide and halt the exodus to Florida. But 
the Bush administration has made clear it won't commit a large number 
of troops this time. 

Philippe, still in Cap-Haitien, told the AP that his movement wants 
to re-establish the army but said a military dictatorship is "not 
good for the country." 

"The military should stay in the barracks," said Philippe, formerly 
Aristide's assistant police chief for northern Haiti. 

Even if the opposition coalition accepts the U.S. peace plan, the 
rebels insist they will disarm only when Aristide is out of power. 

Asked if he was in contact with opposition politicians, Philippe 
smiled and said "not officially." He refused to elaborate. 

Opposition leaders disputed that. 

"We refuse to have contacts with the rebels, as well as with 
Aristide," said Mischa Gaillard, a spokesman for the opposition 
coalition. "We don't want to be tainted with any suspicion of 
condoning violence." 

The opposition has said it is a nonviolent movement that supports the 
rebel goal of getting Aristide to step down. Aristide maintains that 
opposition factions are supporting the rebellion and the rebels are 
an armed wing of the political opposition. 

Philippe said he was on his way to a Western Union office to pick up 
donations being sent by Haitians in the United States and Canada. He 
said his rebellion also was being funded by businessmen in Haiti. 

Cap-Haitien is just 90 miles north of Port-au-Prince, but is a seven-
hour drive over potholed roads sometimes reduced to bedrock. 

Aristide, hugely popular when he was elected especially among the 
destitute in the Western hemisphere's poorest country, has since lost 
a lot of support. Opponents accuse the former priest of failing to 
help those in need, condoning corruption and masterminding attacks on 
opponents by armed gangs. Aristide denies the charges. Flawed 
legislative elections in 2000 led international donors to freeze 
millions of dollars in aid. 

At least 70 people have died in the unrest since the revolt began. 



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