300 Million Gourdes for the Flag Day Celebration: Fritz Alphonse Jean in “Big Spender” Mode

Between 300 and 400 million gourdes—that’s the staggering amount allocated for the festivities marking the 222nd celebration of Haiti’s Flag Day in Cap-Haïtien on May 18, 2025. The chosen theme: “One flag, one people, one nation.” With such spending, Fritz Alphonse Jean and his circle are positioning themselves as true squanderers of public funds.

Ironically, back in 2023, the former governor of the Bank of the Republic of Haiti had denounced the 93 million gourdes allocated by Ariel Henry’s government for the 220th anniversary of the flag’s creation. Now in power, Fritz Jean and his fellow members of the Transitional Presidential Council have more than tripled that amount. Between 300 and 400 million gourdes will be “wasted” while the Haitian people continue to suffer through humanitarian, food, and security crises.

So far, the Transitional Presidential Council and the government of Alix Didier Fils-Aimé have proven to be no better than the administration of the neurosurgeon, one of the worst the country has ever known. Informed observers continue to call for popular mobilization against this careless regime.