The President René Préval received Friday at his private residence in Laboule the next President Michel Martelly. The meeting began around 8:30am. It was attended by two Presidents and their spouses, Elizabeth Débrosse Préval and Sophia St-Rémy Martelly and was followed by a working lunch, on major issues of the state, within the framework of the process of transition, the Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive was also present.

"...we are very happy [...] today is a great first one that a outgoing President invites the President-elect [...] we address the issues that confronting the country, at all levels. President Préval shared with me some files to facilitate the work that we will have to do [...] President told me that there are things that are complicated, others that we must avoid [...] I hope this honest collaboration continues, is of paramount importance for the country's future [...] We must not forget that to avoid past mistakes, we need to know how they occured. So I welcome the initiative of the President, I told him thank you [...] it's for Haiti once again, this is not just a case of René Préval and Michel Martelly, but it is to put everybody together in order that Haiti live better days" Michel Martelly reported.

For his part, President Préval said "I want to help [...] I am totally open, I'm available to help him to succeed [...] we do not need divisions, we want that the country succeeds [...] it is not only Michel Martelly or René Préval we must all come together, to make the country advance [...] I promises to Michel that I will work with Parliament so that there is an effective collaboration and for that the Parliament and the new President can develop the country and make it advance."

Remarks of good will confirmed by Jasmin Joseph, Minister and senior member of the presidential platform INITE whose all the leaders of the platform had met the previous day with President Préval "The President made us understand that the majority that we have, is a majority of cohabitation, of collaboration, of facilitation so that the presidency and Parliament can be put at the service of the interests of the people... [...] There will be no blockage or barrier to the President Martelly. We intend to lead with President Martelly. Him to the presidency, the rest of us to the Parliament... We will give him all contributions that can facilitate his task to serve the interests of the people ..."

After this important meeting, Michel Martelly indicated to the journalists "We discussed various issues, priorities, projects that are ongoing, problems that the state is facing, structural problems, the weakness of institutions, the public expectations, of the cooperation with the different friendly country of Haiti and donors so you can see that this meeting which lasted over two hours was very successful, we took breakfast and we took the opportunity to discuss various aspects and especially of a collaboration to ensure a smooth transition [...] We want to start take knowledge of the most important files [...] most of the projects I have in progress are projects funded by international [...] there are a lot of supervision to do at this level [...] We do not yet have the Government records, so we learn, this is a transfer of knowledge and records that will be done, President has already shown its good will, we hope that by next week when the results will be released, the transition will officially begin..."

Another meeting will follow the publication of the final results, when legally Michel Martelly will be President of the Republic of Haiti. It seems that the President Michel Martelly will have practically a parliament "to his cause". In addition of the parliamentary of INITE, the new president should also be able to count on the elected of the platform Alternative, since the senator Steven Benoît [one of the leaders of this organization], has never missed an opportunity to affirm his friendship with the President elected ensuring that he will not stand in front of Michel Martelly.

Article by HL/ HaitiLibre