(2012-11) Order Renewing the State of Emergency Declared After Hurricane Sandy
Summary — Signed by President Michel Joseph Martelly on 30 November 2012 and published in Le Moniteur's extraordinary issue of 5 December 2012, this order renews for an additional month the nationwide state of emergency first declared on 30 October 2012 in response to Hurricane Sandy, citing the continued severity of the disaster and the government's need for more time to organize relief for affected populations.
Key Findings
- Extends the nationwide Hurricane Sandy state of emergency by one additional month.
- Original emergency declared 30 October 2012 took effect 5 November 2012 and expired before relief operations were complete.
- Renewal grounded in the 15 April 2010 law amending the 2008 state-of-emergency law.
- Signed by President Martelly and countersigned by the full Council of Ministers.
- Published in Le Moniteur's extraordinary issue No. 209 of 5 December 2012.
Full Description
This order, issued by President Michel Joseph Martelly on the report of the Minister of Interior and Territorial Communities after Council of Ministers deliberation, extends by one additional month the state of emergency first declared for the entire national territory on 30 October 2012 following Hurricane Sandy. The preamble explains that the initial one-month emergency period, which entered into force on 5 November 2012, was insufficient to allow the government to take all urgent measures needed to effectively assist the affected populations, invoking the 15 April 2010 law amending the 9 September 2008 law on the state of emergency.
Article 1 renews the state of emergency for a further one-month period from the order's publication date, and Article 2 directs its printing, publication, and execution by the Prime Minister and all ministers. The text is countersigned by President Martelly, then-Prime Minister Laurent Salvador Lamothe, and the full cabinet, dated at the National Palace, Port-au-Prince, 30 November 2012, Year 209 of Independence.