Vant Bèf Info urges Colonel Himler Rébu to propose, not just criticize

The media outlet Vant Bèf Info criticizes former officer Himler Rébu for multiplying his criticisms without putting forward any solutions. In a text signed by Emmanuel Joseph, it asks what this colonel brings to the Haitian public debate beyond denunciation. What follows is an account of this text, which is a commentary and not an investigation. Everything that follows comes from it, and nothing has been verified with another source.

Remarks on Jean Ernest Muscadin

According to Vant Bèf Info, Himler Rébu spoke on October 5 about Jean Ernest Muscadin, a presidential candidate. He questioned the value of his profile outside of his experience in security. Muscadin is presented as a former government commissioner.

Jean Gardy Forge, head of the Fòs Nasyonal Chanjman party, contested these assessments. The text specifies neither Rébu's arguments nor Forge's.

Operations in the Cul-de-Sac plain

Himler Rébu also commented on the security situation. Regarding the operations against armed groups in the Cul-de-Sac plain, conducted with the support of Salvadoran soldiers, he highlighted the tactical advantage that the gangs' knowledge of the terrain gives them.

For Vant Bèf Info, describing the obstacles of an operation is not the same as proposing a strategy to overcome them. The media outlet judges that it is on this point that the population is left wanting.

What the media expects from him

Vant Bèf Info believes that the experience of a former senior officer could count in a country where security mechanisms have collapsed. It wishes for it to be translated into realistic proposals, a strategic reading of events, and a vision of the reforms to be carried out.

The media outlet specifies that the problem is not the colonel's freedom of speech, but the scope of his interventions. It adds that criticism gains credibility when it is accompanied by solutions.