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James, I read your reply to RPT's post on the raffinerie de petrole, and I have to say that I agree with you %100. When I first read RPT's post, I knew immediately, that although this should be good news for Haiti, it in fact wasn't. For this to be a good thing for Haiti, the people negotiating the deal would have to: 1. Have been trained in the art of negotiating.

This means that it can't just be people who claim to be able to negotiate, or people who think that they are experts just because they have a degree in economics or some other lower division degree.

I mean the outcome of these negotiation would be so crucial to Haiti's future that those in charge of the negotiation would have to have a high level of education, but even more important, they would have to have extensive field experience with international market negotiations.

The president does not have anyone like that in his cabinet.

Furthermore, the individuals in charge of these negotiations would have to work with one or more reputable environmentalist and possibly a cultural specialist.

Everyone would have to have both a high level of education and many years of field experience.

But, we all know that in Haiti those who get hired for important positions are rarely the best qualified for the job...it's always the brother, sister, or friend who fills important positions, regardless of their qualification.

For this to be a good thing for Haiti, the people negotiating the deal would have to: 2.Care about the country as a whole.

So far the evidence shows that members of this government care nothing about the country and its people.

This government has been incapable of addressing basic sanitary issues that are horrible to look at, but more important are harmful to every Haitian person's health.

What on earth from their performance so far could make us think that they would know how to handle the major environmental issues that come with an oil refinery?

For this to be a good thing for Haiti, those negotiating the deal would have to: 3. Care about the people.

What exactly has this government done all this time to promote work for the people?

Are their roads being built?

Is there an electricity or water and sewer company that is providing government jobs?

Have they negotiated well to amend the constitution in a way to let the Diaspora back into the country so that they can create jobs?

No! Instead, what this president has done is pushed his own agenda by attaching his desire to stay to the constitutional amendment that was suppose to be just about the Diaspora.

This is just the case of one more Haitian president selfishly and greedily placing his own wants before the needs of the nation.

Basically saying, "if all of you want this change badly enough, you will have to also amend the constitution for me to stay in power." How can we think that this devious and selfish individual would actually lead a team that would benefit all Haitians?

An oil refinery could be a great thing for Haiti.

However, I worry that it will not be, because we seem unable to elect leaders who are intelligent, wise, and pro Haiti.

We always end-up with these self-serving, low grade, bottom of the barrel individuals, who, instead of surrounding themselves with people who can help them to really work on the issues hire only those who will stroke their egos.

If this refinery deal is put through now, I doubt that this government will protect the nation.

So, I hope it does not happen under this regime...although, since we are talking about Haiti, the next president could be worst.

Linda, December 30 2007, 8:51 PM

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