It's a continuous bad story.
What comes to your mind when you picture the Haitian national palace? Me, I see failure. Perhaps you have the same bitter feeling too. When I was a child, I was told that regular citizens passing by the palace had to hurry passed in order to avoid beating by Tonton Makout. This leaves me with a vision of bad people behind those white walls: Papa Doc with his little glasses like a wizard; Baby Doc with his fat self unable to control his appetite; and all the goons in there traumatizing and killing their fellow countrymen. This melancholic story, just like everything Haitian, has hit dead-end. A NGO led by Hollywood actor Sean Penn is voluntarily cleaning up the space occupied by that monstrous past.
Not too long ago, the taxi that was carrying me strolled by the eye-soar. It sat like a ruin in a tragic Roman story. The earthquake of January 2010 that had really brought to light the tragedy that is Haitian, had toppled down the nightmarish structure. It remained in the decrepit state since then, as the shame that is Haitian government and or leadership had not have the ability to address it. Sean Penn has agreed to clean it up for the worthless nation.
Critics have raised issues about a foreign entity having to demolish the "historic icon." Historic Icon? I see shame. Anyway, the palace was built by foreigners, anyway! And very likely by donation. So what now? And, if some outsider did not come to remove the garbage, it would remain sitting there just like all other garbage in the country, whoever and or whatever they are. Now the big uncertainty for the failing leaders there is that they don't know where a good Samaritan would pop up to throw some pennies in the bowl, (kwiy la), for the rebuilding.
I mentioned last time 'a Haiti' naturally no longer sustainable to life. If a new national palace is donated by the real people, them who have always come to keep life going in Haiti, my wish is for some leader to spring forth, that I don't have to imagine ignorant and goons behind the walls.
By E.C. GRANMOUN
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