''Platfòm Pitit Desalin'' (English: Child of Dessalines Platform; French: Plateforme Enfant de Dessalines), named after Haitian revolutionary leader

Jean-Jacques Dessalines Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Haitian Creole: ''Jan-Jak Desalin''; ; 20 September 1758 – 17 October 1806) was the first Haitian Emperor, leader of the Haitian Revolution, and the first ruler of an independent First Empire of Haiti, Haiti under th ...

, is a Haitian political party led by

Jean-Charles Moïse Jean-Charles Moïse (born 20 April 1967) is a List of Haitians, Haitian politician. He is the leader of the Platfòm Pitit Desalin, Pitit Desalin political party, and was a candidate for President of Haiti in 2015, and again in 2016, when the pr ...

. , the party had two seats in the Chamber of Deputies and one seat in the Senate. Since January 10, 2023, both houses of parliament in Haiti have been vacant. The party leader, Jean-Charles Moïse, resigned as Senator in protest of an alleged bribe of $2.5 million offered to him by allies of President

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and in order to run for president in the 2015 presidential election. He received 14.3% of the popular vote and came in third place. In the aftermath of the election, the party played a major role in the opposition protests against eventual winner

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. Jean-Charles Moïse and General Secretary of the party Assad Volcy have both been central figures in the movement against '' de facto'' head of state

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. Platfòm Pitit Desalin have alleged mistreatment of their party members at the hands of the Haitian government. While Moïse was still a senator he was allegedly arrested and detained for half a day by Haitian police at a Pitit Desalin rally. The party also claims that there have been police raids on its offices, as well as 30 politically motivated arrests of party members in November 2015. One party activist, Maxo Gaspard, was shot and killed near the party offices, allegedly by a police officer, although the police have denied their involvement.

Ideology

Platfòm Pitit Desalin lists its three central pillars as: sovereignty in the political sector, solidarity in the social sector, and prosperity in the economic sector. It is a

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party, with connections to the

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movement of former president

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. The party states that "it is committed to working for a just society based on national sovereignty and economic and social development for all of its sons, in accordance with Dessalinian ideals." They also support an "equitable redistribution of wealth" in Haiti. The party advocates for "peaceful revolution" in Haiti, but Moïse has also encouraged demonstrators to "arm themselves with machetes", while stressing that he was not telling them to use firearms.

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