Say Uncle.

The current president of Haiti is a man named Rene Preval. The Presidency in Haiti in the recent years has been difficult because of the insurgents and because of the former President Aristide's removal from power several years ago. The government was attempting to elect a new Prime Minister to aid Preval in his endeavors to restore the people's faith in the government. The person they were considering is a man named Ericq. This man was unsuccessful in his attempts to become the Prime Minister in 1997 and once again in 2008. His nationality came into question because he was unsuccessful in providing the birth certificates for his grandparents and because of his economic plans for the country. This man is my uncle. Ericq Pierre, one of my father's older brothers. He currently lives in Maryland where he works for the Inter-American Development Bank. He has been a big influence on me when it comes to politics just as my father has been. My uncle stayed true to who he was and he was not elected because of the corrupt government that was put into place when Aristide was in power. His influence on Haiti would have been welcomed by the people because he wanted to begin to build a better system and he wanted to help those who were most in need which accounts for most of the Haitian population. The government in Haiti does not have the system of checks and balances like the U.S. does. I believe that if the Haitian government took a little bit of what our government has, I think that he would have been a very effective political official.