January 20, 1988, Portland Observer, Page 7
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The Agony of Haiti
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NIGHTLY ENTERTAINMENT
by Norman Hill
Earth, Wind & Fire
Kicks Off Tour
JAZZY FM 09.I
Earth, Wind & Fire kicked off their first tour in five years at St. Peters
burg, Florida's Bayfront Center January 9th. The show the band unveiled at
St. Petersburg, FL, was one of astonishing proportions. The spectacle has
taken a crew of sixty 45,000 man-hours to put together, and has cost over
a million dollars to produce. It draws on the talents of behind-the-scenes
experts like: Stig Edgren, designer and producer, who conceived the staging
for the Pope's visit to LA's Dodger Stadium and for the grand finale of the
Los Angeles Olympics; Roy Bennett, lighting designer for Prince; and
Michael Peters, who choreographed videos for Michael Jackson (Peters did
''Thriller") and for Lionel Richie, and who helped conceive Broadway's
"Dream Girls."
Earth, Wind & Fire mastermind Maurice White has been determined to
keep the visual details of the band's uncoming tour under wraps. But one
thing is certain. White and group members Philip- Bailey, Verdine White,
Andrew Woolfolk, Sheldon Reynolds and Ralph Johnson have planned a
show that carries the standards established by Earth, Wind & Fire in the early
70's to a level that will set new standards for the 90's.
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When the Duvaliers were driven
out of Haiti nearly two years ago,
the international community uni
formly hailed the departure as
auguring the prospect of demo
cracy in the impoverished island
nation. Those hopes were brutally
dashed last November 29th when
the presidential elections were sus
pended after junta-backed killers ran
amok at the polling stations, killing
24 people and injuring many more.
Most experts blame the violence
on the regime of Gen. Henri Nam-
phy, who served briefly as Claude
("Baby Doc") Duvalier's army chief
of staff before being asked by the
U.S. government to run the country
after civil unrest forced the hated
Duvaliers to flee. Gen. Namphy has
announced new elections for Janu
ary 17, but with procedural modifi
cations that violate the Haitian Con
stitution and make a mockery of
democratic processes.
First, Gen. Namphy suspended
the electoral council and asked the
appropriate organizations to name a
new one. After seven of the nine
organizations declined, the general
appointed his own toadies. He then
announced that his own handpicked
supreme court would review any
commission decisions. Moreover,
the new council, in open defiance of
the Constitution, was asked to regi
ster 13 candidates who were dis
qualified as "Duvalierists" by the
former council.
What's more, Gen. Namphy has
barred poll watchers, assigned arm
ed soldiers in their place, and threa
tened to fine and jail those advoca
ting an election boycott. And final
ly, he has insisted that he will re
main as commander-in-chief for
three years no matter what happens
at the polls.
The upshot of all this is that the
Namphy military regime is simply
Duvalierism in another guise. Clear
ly, Gen. Namphy is trying to ensure
the election of a plaint president
who will tolerate continued corrup
tion and right of the military to do
as it pleases. Haitians will again
have to endure tyranny and its trap
pings: crushing poverty, illiteracy,
fixed elections, terror and repres
sion.
There is no simple solution to the
mess in Haiti. But one thing is
clear. The Western democracies
must be more vocal in their support
of Haitian democracy. Thus far, the
United Nations has ignored the is
sue. The Organization of American
States (OAS) has paid lip service to
democracy, but opposes interven
tion. The United States has cut off
all military and economic assi
stance, but has said little about the
consequences of another botched
election.
For historical and political con
siderations direct U.S. military inter
vention in Haiti would be a mistake.
But there are things the U.S.
government can do to try and head
off a repeat of election violence and
demonstrate its support of the true
aspirations of Haiti's people.
First, the Administration must in
sist that the elections be postponed
until the Haitian junta recognizes
the exclusive authority of the con
stitutionally mandated Provisional
Electoral Council as completely in
dependent of the Army and the rul
ing junta. Anything less than a
complete endorsement of the coun
cil will be interpreted by the ruling
generals as a sign that the U.S. is
willing to accept something less
than genuine democracy.
Second, U.S. policy objectives
must include support for the popu
lar democratic opposition.
Such
support would demonstrate to Hai
ti's people that the U.S. is truly
committed to the emergence of a
democratic political infrastructure.
Third, the U.S. should make it
clear to the Army that any future
support would be contingent on its
human-rights behavior and neutrali
ty in the electoral process. At the
same time, the U.S. should use any
economic leverage to convince hai-
ti's tiny economic elite that it too
has a stake in ensuring democracy
in their country.
After the fall of the Duvaliers,
the U.S. placed an inordinate trust
in the army-dominated National Go
verning Council, and turned its back
on the cronyism, human-rights
abuses, and corruption that have
marked its tenure. It is now time
that the generals realize that this
country is firmly committed to true
democracy, and will not tolerate a
return to the dark days of Duvalier-
ism.________________
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Norman Hill is President of the A. Philip
Randolph Institute.
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