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Haiti Senator Admits Accepting Bribe for Parliament Vote

Sandra Lemaire

   Renan Toussaint in Port au Prince, Jean Robert Philippe and Jacquelin
   Belizaire in Washington contributed to this report

   WASHINGTON / PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - Haitian Senator Willot Joseph, a
   member of the ruling PHTK party (Pati Ayisyen Tet Kale), admitted
   Friday that he accepted a $100,000 bribe from Prime Minister-Designate
   Fritz William Michel in exchange for a yes vote on his nomination.

   The stunning admission was made during an interview with Haitian news
   site Gazette Haiti.

     Parlement/Corruption/ Affaire 100 000 us:- Le Sénateur Wilot Joseph
     dont le nom est cité dans ce scandale n'y voit aucun inconvénient.
     Pour le Sénateur qui répondait à un Journaliste de RCH 2000, il
     n'est pas question de refuser de l'argent en ces temps si durs.
     [1]pic.twitter.com/oo9GzeAXEE
     -- Gazette Haiti (@GazetteHaiti) [2]September 13, 2019

   "I don't have any problem with [accepting] money that comes my way
   without having to sign for it, or any kind of paper trail. I take it
   and I don't have to be hypocrite [about it] with anyone," Joseph said.

   The senator criticized his colleagues who denied taking bribes after a
   public accusation made by Senator Saurel Jacinthe on Wednesday, as the
   Senate was preparing to vote on the prime minister's nomination. The
   vote was postponed without setting a new date.

   "They are slick, I don't see anything wrong with receiving money during
   difficult times," Joseph said.
   The allegation

References

   1. https://t.co/oo9GzeAXEE
   2. https://twitter.com/GazetteHaiti/status/1172367039438024706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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