The family members of Octanol Dérissaint, a resident of the border area of Fond Parisien (west), have accused an advisor to President Michel Martelly, Calixte Valentin, of having murdered Wednesday night that 32 year old salesman during an altercation with almost swamp the entire community section.
Denouncing in Radio Kiskeya studios what they called a heinous crime, the victim’s relatives demand that the alleged murderer to be brought before the competent judicial authorities and call the head of state to remove him without delay from his staff.
And therefore rejecting the hypothesis of a reckoning between the two men, the family of Octanol Dérissaint emphasizes that there was no relationship between the deceased and the advisor to the Presidency.
Shot in the head, the vendor, who sold food at the Haitian-Dominican border left behind two children including a baby of three months.
For his part, Sanozier Francis, MP for Verrettes-Ganthier constituency, of which depends Fond Parisien, condemned the murder and demanded justice for the victim. He argues that judiciary must put the alleged offender out of harm’s way.
Deeply outraged after the incident, many residents of Fond Parisien had threatened to burn down the village if Calixte Valentin was not sent behind bars.
If the story as presented is confirmed, the case could become a new blast for Martelly’s administration already entangled in a series of scandals.
