The Haitian Citizen Protection Office (OPC) asked, Saturday, May 2, the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Justice to open an investigation after the publication of charges of rape on young players targeting the president of the Haitian Football Federation (FHF), Yves Jean-Bart, who rejects these allegations.
The British daily The Guardian released an investigation on Thursday (April 30th) in which young players residing at the national technical center claim to have been raped or sexually assaulted in the past five years, while also testifying to the pressures to remain silent,
In a press release, the OPC “Ask the authorities concerned” to diligently "An investigation into these allegations in order to shed light on this question, which may possibly have serious consequences for Haitian football. "
In a statement from the federation published on Saturday, "Mr. Yves Jean-Bart refutes these accusations of sexual abuse and places them in the context initiated for 20 years to oust him from the presidency of the FHF".
Feminist organizations Sofa and Kay Fanm released a statement on Saturday to support the victims. "These girls are exposed to sexual predators and receive no protection from the state or other officials", they denounce.
"It will be a fight not only with Dadou Jean-Bart, it will be a fight with the media, the police, the justice system" reacted activist Pascale Solages, founding member of the Haitian feminist organization Nègès Mawon.
