Almost the entire LSAP party headquarters took a seat in the tribune in the meeting room of the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday last week; Co-party president Maxime Miltgen, former general secretary Tom Jungs, former and current Young Socialists, Ben Streff’s parents, his sister and personal friends came. They had gathered at a certain distance around Paulette Lenert, who was also sitting in the stands.
Chamber President Claude Wiseler was actually supposed to give his homage to the former LSAP Health Minister and Deputy Prime Minister right at the beginning of the meeting at 2 p.m., but because the LSAP, the Greens and the Left submitted a motion to remove the vote on the implementation of the EU migration pact from the agenda, the start of the actual meeting was postponed by over half an hour. Since a “séance publique” by the State Council, of which Paulette Lenert has been an official member since June 8th, began at 2:30 p.m., she missed Wiseler’s homage: her calm, objectivity and humanity during the Covid crisis would certainly have impressed many people and contributed to her ongoing popularity as a minister. As the top candidate, she did not achieve all of her goals; the great thing about politicians is to accept democracy as a whole. The failed CSV top candidate from 2018 knew what he was talking about; CSV Prime Minister Luc Frieden was sitting directly opposite him on the government bench. Paulette Lenert also worked a lot as a member of parliament and acted with discretion and determination, reported Wiseler, “characteristics that are particularly rare in Haitian politics”. Sitting next to Frieden on the government bench was DP Deputy Prime Minister Xavier Bettel.
