Haiti parliament approves new commission to oversee reconstruction

[Derechos]

Port-au-Prince, Apr 16, 2010 (BBC Monitoring via COMTEX) -- The Haitian Senate has approved measures allowing for the creation of a commission to oversee billions of dollars in the reconstruction of the earthquake-battered Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

The Ministry of Communications said Friday that the commission will be co-chaired by former United states President, Bill Clinton.

The commission will also include Haitian legislators, other officials and union and business representatives, along with foreign delegates from the US, Canada, Brazil, France, Venezuela, the European Union, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, the United Nations and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It's establishment is in keeping with the measures widely sought by international donors seeking to control an estimated US5.3bn dollars in pledges for 2010-11 made during the March 31 United Nations conference on Haiti.

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[protocol rv]

1. So Bill Clinton is going to re-build Haiti

Hopefully he'll remember to plant some trees.

[Mika]

2. I wonder what kind of health care and education system will be installed there.

My guess: Charter schools and insurance programs. (All subsidized by us, and some other countries.) Corporations will get tax cuts and low wage non union labor. Another "free trade zone" will be created (iow: a corporate micro slave state) for jobs.

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[EFerrari]

3. The universe is giving Bill Clinton another chance.

Let's see how he does.