with elections shelved and we don t know for how long. you seem to believe that the only way out of this is to get the united nations involved. you recently wrote a letter to the un high commissioner, michelle bachelet, asking for a un backed investigation into the killing of president moise. yes. what on earth would the use of that be? yes, you know, we have things like that happen before. in 2005, after the assassination of the lebanese prime minister, we had a special tribunal by the un to investigate that crime. so when we have obstruction ofjustice in haiti, the investigation is clearly undermined. therefore, if we can have allies and partners helping haiti to know what happened, that will be an interesting thing. and that s why i think. i, of course, want the un and other international organisations asking them to help.
in the united states, part of the united states rely on haitians. so we need to be treated as humans. we need to be treated fairly. a final thought. last year, you had another earthquake, just, what, 11 years after a disastrous earthquake in 2010. you had a president assassinated. you have spiralling gang violence. you have a population that is mired in poverty. how close to despair are you about the state of your country? imean, what. i m telling you that this situation is very hard. but haitians. myself, i m very optimistic because in a moment like this, we come together, as we did when the president was assassinated. i was prime minister. the country need a voice, need someone who can tell them, let s make it through. and we did. and i think in this moment like this, in a situation like this, we always, haitians come together and make the world proud that we can change the situation.
the united states, as saying that they will welcome with open arms tens, maybe even hundreds of thousands of ukrainian refugees. given what i ve just outlined is the stance in the united states toward haitian migrants, many of whom want to seek political asylum in the united states, what do you think drives the different responses from the international community to ukrainians and then to haitians? i think it s double standard politics. that s clear. and we cannot hide the fact that race may be a factor. we cannot hide that. and perhaps also it s indifference. but i do also believe that race is a factor. and i think those things can be repaired. i think they can change the paradigm, you know, to better treatment for haitians. haitians are good people. they are hard workers. everywhere they go.
there are many individuals, dozens of individuals who are currently in detention in haiti as a result of the police investigation. many of them actually are colombian, but none of them have actually been charged. it s unfortunate when there is someone who is obstructing justice. this is a result that you re going to have when a government official at this high level is obstructing justice. so you re going to see this and it s unfortunate, and that s why i m trying to. it s very unfortunate for haiti that government is, in essence, in limbo. we have mr henry there in power as prime minister, also in essence acting as de facto president, but with elections shelved and we don t know for how long. you seem to believe that the only way out of this is to get the united nations involved. you recently wrote a letter to the un high commissioner, michelle bachelet, asking for a un backed investigation into the killing of president moise. yes.
i would say that the oligarchs that has taken hostage millions of people living with less than $2 a day, i would say that, yes, an elite few that has been really acting against the majority yes, they are a part of where haiti is now. you are a part of that elite. where do you think the haitian elite has gone wrong? i mean, the haitian elite, i mean, talking about the oligarchs, when you say. when you say, i m talking about the oligarchs, you distance yourself from this entire context, but you are part of the context. you were fortunate enough, while most of your countrymen and women do not get an education, do not have running water in their homes, you come from the kind of family who could afford to send you to a private university in the united states. you are the definition of haitian elite. when we re talking about the haitian elite in this case, we re talking about those who really.