The Association of Merchants and Industrialists of Santiago (Acis) annulled the agreement signed between the entity and the Haitian Consulate in Ciudad Corazón on regularize workers from the neighboring country, because the entity will accept the solutions agreed by the Dominican authorities. Sandy Filpo, president of Acis, said that the agreement signed on June 1 with the dismissed Haitian consul James Jacques sought the regularization of the workforce that works in productive sectors of Santiago.
In a letter sent to the Consulate of Haiti in Santiago, the Acis maintains that “the reasons that gave rise to the agreement with this honorable Consulate General of Haiti in Santiago de los Caballeros no longer exist, and in that sense as of the date the same It remains without effect and without any legal value.
He expresses that they have determined that the will exists in several government authorities, and “we have managed to get them to ponder in the future a mechanism that allow companies to hire foreign employees fully complying with the legislation of the Dominican Republic.” He adds that “throughout its history, Acis has been an entity that respects the legal and institutional framework and what has been signed is framed within the order of respect for institutions.”
It maintains that when the agreement was signed, the Haitian Consul in Santiago had full powers and its execution was easy to implement; however, this situation today is not the same, because at this time the Government of Haiti will see fit to confirm or designate new authorities.
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Likewise, he pointed out that the factor of having workers with regularized documentation would facilitate the work of the immigration control authorities, since they could repatriate those who do not have their legalized documentation.
The businessman indicated that he was looking for the Haitian consulate to help achieve the documentation of his compatriots, who are already inserted in productive sectors such as bananas, cocoa and other items and that when traveling to their country in search of documents they are filed at the border .
In the first week of this month, Filpo signed the agreement to document Haitian workers.
On that occasion, the businessman complained that there are Dominicans who do not want to work in the fields and in construction, and those spaces are occupied by undocumented Haitians.
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According to Filpo, Haitian workers have to present documents from their country to be admitted as such.
Likewise, he clarified that these Haitians will travel to their country to look for their documents and thus reside legally in the Dominican Republic.
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“The Haitian Consulate is going to look for the documentation of those Haitians, in case it is needed”, he warned.