Ambassador Curtis Ward, a former Jamaican Consultant on the United Nations Safety Council, has expressed disappointment with the choice of the Jamaican Authorities to not grant asylum to the spouse and kids of former Haitian Senator Joseph John, who has been linked to final yr’s assassination of the President of Haiti.
The Jamaican Ministry of Nationwide Safety rejected an utility to grant Mr Joseph’s spouse and two sons refugee standing. They’ve since been deported to Haiti.
Ambassador Ward, talking Sunday on Radio Jamaica’s weekly information assessment perogramme, That is a Rap, mentioned he deeply regretted that the mom and her youngsters weren’t accorded refugee standing.
Charging that the Jamaican Authorities has not usually “not been very sort” to Haitians in relation to such issues, he cited the case of the previous Senator’s spouse and kids as a first-rate instance of this.
In distinction, he mentioned, abnormal Jamaians have “usually tried to protect them”.
The previous Haitian Senator and his household have been discovered hiding in Jamaica final yr following the assassination of Haitian President, Jovenel Moïse.
Senator Joseph John has since been extradited to america.