US names Haitian former legislators as being involved in 'significant corruption'
Published:Tuesday | December 12, 2023 | 1:49 PM
WASHINGTON, CMC -The United States government has named a number of Haitian nationals, including former prime minister Jean-Max Bellerive, among 30 people involved in significant corruption or a gross violation of human rights.
The US State Department said that it is publicly designating Bellerive for “abusing his public position by participating in corrupt activity that undermined the integrity of Haiti's government”.
It said as part of this action, his immediate family members are also designated, including his spouse Myriam Estevez De Bellerive and his adult daughters Diana Jennifer Bellerive and Jessica Bellerive.
Washington said that in cases where there is credible information that officials of foreign governments have been involved in significant corruption or a gross violation of human rights, “those individuals and their immediate family members are generally ineligible for entry into the United States and must be either publicly or privately designated”.
The State Department said the other Haitians named are former senators, Nenel Cassy and Herve Fourcand.
It said that both Cassy and Fourcand had been named for abusing their public position by participating in corrupt activity that undermined the integrity of Haiti's government.”
It said that as part of this action, their immediate family members are also designated, including Cassy's spouse Katherine Cassy Chery and one minor child.
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