This truce should be limited to waiting for the signature of a document dealing with the conditions of this pause, but after this period, if the promises made are not fulfilled, we will announce the resumption of the strike”, a statement from the Service workers underlines.

During the talks it was agreed to grant them a bonus of 50,000 gourdes (US$378.78) each quarter and an amount of 25,000 gourdes (US$189.39) each month on the debit card of a fund provided for in the DGI budget.

The protagonists of the work stoppage maintain firm their demands focused on a salary adjustment, the granting of the debit card, training for future civil servants, medical insurance and the dismissal of the DGI’s top official, Jean Emmanuel Casséus.

The general strike is not only in the capital, but also in the provincial cities, according to the digital newspaper Le Facteur Haiti.

The strikers notified the General Revenue Service of their displeasure, so that it would inform the higher level of the decision to carry out the strike, but neither the Prime Minister, Garry Conille, nor the Ministry of Finance made any pronouncement on the demands of the employees.

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