The Commissariat de Léogâne and the Justice of Peace of Léogâne are currently providing their routine services at the Auditorium, located at the entrance of the city and adjacent to the Park Gerard Christophe and the Lycée Ananacona de Léogâne.
The police officers will be protecting and serving the city and the Judges will be hearing of civil and criminal cases out of the Auditorium while their old building, which were completely destroyed on January 12, 2010, are being reconstructed.
Before they moved to the Auditorium, the police officers were performing their duties on their old compound under a wooden frame shelter covered with a green tap whereas the Justice of Peace was across from the public park under a white Alaskan-type tent.
The government of Canada will be rebuilding the Commissariat whereas there are no official words on whom, when, and where the Justice of Peace will be relocated and rebuilt.
Léogâne authorities raised a huge wall in the middle of the Auditorium, splitting it in two in order to, according the local authorities; avoid interferences between the Auditorium [which is also the official headquarters of a Voodoo Foundation and Radio/Tele Canal] and the new offices.
There are several controversies on the real reasons of building that wall. Some reported the wall was built in order to store equipment that will be later used for the construction of the city’s major roads.
Others are saying the City Hall separates the auditorium so they can later sell it as they have been doing with the majority of the city’s vacant lands.
The civil society of Léogâne and a slew of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) operating in Léogâne feel the decision to erect a wall in the auditorium is contrary to the prescripts of international policies governing the preservation of historical and cultural sites, stating the auditorium, which was built by Simone Ovide Duvalier, is the city’s cultural landmark and must have been treated as a cultural patrimony.
“The city hall must be sued for defacing our historical heritage’” shouted a lady who went by the name of Marie due to fears of reprisals.
As these reconstruction efforts are being done, River la Rouyonne continues to torment the hell out of Léogânais, who live in fears that whatever they currently own may be gone at the next rain.
For many Léogânais, canalizing the river should have been priority and any rebuilding effort, leaving this river untamed, is impeding progress.
More information will be provided as they will be made available to the public.
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