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Last Haiti street protest spoiled due to fights over money

A Haitian street protest that was scheduled for Thursday March 7th 2019 was spoiled after rumors spread that the organizers had 400,000 gourdes which they did not share with any of the militants protesting.

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While the organizer denied he had any money in his hands, some of the people who were supposed to participate in the street protest complained they are the ones suffering the consequences of protesting in the streets, tear gas by police, being arrested and thrown to jail but they don't get a penny while big protest organizers are profiting from their misery.

Protest organizers accuse PHTK the political party in power for what happened.

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David Grant says...

Why do the organizers has has to pay the people to protest against the government, This is clear that the people isn't interested in the protest and has no definite ideal as to why they are protesting.

This is just renting a crowd to effectuate public disobedience.

The organisers should be ashamed of

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Yanick says...

So the protest is stage so the president will step down. It's not for the well being of the country is for the corrupted

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Haiti Nouvelles says...

Haiti - Une manifestation de rue prévue pour le jeudi 7 mars 2019 a été gâchée par des rumeurs que les organisateurs auraient 400 000 gourdes, qu'ils n'ont pas partagées avec aucun des militants qui vont

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