Are Martelly people pretty arrogant DONT want to play traditional politics?

Posted by Haiti News on June 19th, 2011

The biggest problem facing Martelly concerns his nomination of Rouzier as prime minister. Despite vigorous lobbying on Rouzier’s behalf by former President René Préval, whose political coalition holds a comfortable majority in both chambers of parliament, Rouzier’s supporters realize his prospects remain uncertain.

According to Daly Vale publisher and editor-in-chief of Le Matin, a Port-au-Prince-based newspaper

“He’s a president who wants to do some things, but he doesn’t have the opportunity and institutional framework to do it, so he’s trying to grab everything that can make him look good.’’

“…They have good reasons to be concerned. I don’t think the Martelly team knows exactly what to do and how to handle the relationship with the parliament,’’ Valet said.

“At the parliamentary level, they are eager to collaborate with Martelly, but they feel that Martelly’s people are pretty arrogant and they don’t want to play traditional politics.’’

At the moment, a parliamentary commission charged with reviewing Rouzier’s qualifications is expected to present a report early next week.