1954. Arrest of Daniel Fignolé, leader of the MOP and deputy:
Accused of plotting against the security of the state by government officials of
Paul Eugène Magloire, Fignolé and several members of parliament including the
Senators Rossini Pierre-Louis and Marcel Hérard, were apprehended and thrown in
prison. Fignolé will be released on the following April 14.
1961. Expulsion of Mgr. Rémy Augustin:
Became administrator of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, following the expulsion
of Bishop François Poirier, he was himself deported. With him, were also
expelled Father Jean-Baptiste Bettembourg, director of the Petit Séminaire Collège
Saint Martial and other priests.
1961. Closure of the Catholic daily La Phalange:
First-class newspaper and very popular for its honest editorials, it had,
before it closed, opened its columns to striking and non-voting students with
the expulsion of the prelates, including Bishop François Poirier, Archbishop of Portau-Prince, was fierce.
1982. Landing of Haitian rebels in the island of Turtle:
Defeated and the majority killed by government forces, it was said that these rebels
were led by Bernard Sansaricq. What was false, Sansaricq was the instigator
landing but was not part of it. He only set foot in Haiti after the departure of
Jean-Claude Duvalier, managed to be elected Senator in 1990, was the president of the
great body during the coup d'état in September 1991 and sided with the
putschists. After Aristide’s return in 1994, he returned to the United States, and as
In the time of the Duvaliers became an "opponent," because ignored by the class
Politics. On the eve of the 2016 American election, he once again worked against
the interests of the majority of the Haitian people.