The main popular movements and farmers of Haiti agreed today to intensify the protests started a year ago with the purpose of forcing the resignation of the president, Jovenel Moise, whom they accuse of corruption and of being "servile" with the foreign powers.

The agreement was agreed upon at the closing of the Patriotic Forum, a three-day meeting held in the town of Papaye, in the center of the country, in which several Latin American left organizations have also participated.

Papaye's statement, signed by several leftist parties and Haitian popular movements, proposes to force the resignation of Moise and the Parliament, and then establish a transitional government for a period of three years.

That transitional Government, according to the agreed plan, would be responsible for "addressing the urgencies of hunger, misery and unemployment that affect more than 80% of the population" and for reforming the State institutions.

They also intend to convene a "great national dialogue" and prosecute those responsible for corruption cases and the "killings" recorded in recent years.

The statement accuses the ruling party, Tet Kale, of being a "mercenary" at the service of foreign powers and of "plundering" the wealth of Haiti, by associating itself with "all kinds of bandits and criminals."

"The Government of Jovenel Moise and its allies lacks the capacity and willingness to produce real changes in the country and put it on the path of sustained development. The country lacks direction. The president has no popular legitimacy or the possibility of guarantee the sovereignty of the country, "says the document.

Haiti is immersed in a serious political crisis and lacks an effective government since last March, since none of the prime ministers proposed by Moise in recent months has obtained Parliament's approval.

The country is experiencing instability since violent protests broke out in July 2018 in response to corruption scandals around the embezzlement of at least $ 2 billion of the Petrocaribe Venezuelan aid program, a scandal for which government politicians are investigated current and previous management.

Former Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (2012-14) appeared before a judge on Friday regarding the Petrocaribe case and his lawyers said he "has the will to cooperate."

The Patriotic Forum was convened by the 4G Kontre platform, which groups four Haitian peasant organizations, and has had the participation of leftist parties, unions, civil society organizations and the student movement, among others.

The meeting has been supported by ALBA Movements and organizations such as the Landless Workers Movement (MST) of Brazil.