PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The telecommunication company Digicel, Wednesday said the ongoing political situation in Haiti has a “major impact” on its operations with many “of our optical fibers” being badly damaged.
In a statement, Digicel said that due to the difficulty of moving across the country, operations such as the maintenance and repair of antennas and fiber optics and all other operational activities have become more difficult.
“In some areas, many of our optical fibers are badly damaged by trees cut down to make barricades or roads dug for the same reasons,” it said, noting that on Tuesday, people cut a fiber optic line, severely disrupting Internet users in the Artibonite and North-West departments.
“We remind the population that the company will continue to do everything possible to allow its customers to stay connected in this difficult situation, and we take this opportunity to ask the population to contribute to protecting its infrastructure,” Digicel said.
Meanwhile, police are investigating the death of Marie Lydie Duvivier, a Digicel employee, who was murdered in the commune of Tabarre on Tuesday. Media reports said that she was killed during an attempted kidnapping.
Many Haitians have been kidnapped for ransom as the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country continues to experience unrest, with opposition politicians staging protests calling for the removal of Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry from office.
The leader of the opposition “Petit Dessalin” Party, Jean Charles Moise, is calling for [rptests across the French-speaking on September 20 to coincide with the 264th birthday of Jean Jacques Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution
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