Authoritarians regimes have secret police to deal with kidnappers and troublemakers. A state such as Haiti where ther is an elected government should strive to get the following: 1) An intelligence agency that would operate both inside and outside the country. That agency could be used by the senate to locate and quietly neutralize the troublemakers. There is no question that withou stability, Haiti cannot survive long enough to attempt to solve its most pressing issues. 2) A political scarecrow to force Haitians from different political tribes to work together for the good of the country. Maybe Haitians will work better under fear than without it. That scarecrow exists: it is the Dominican Republic. Just as that country is using Haiti as a scarecrow to bring all the Dominicans together, it is high time to do the same. Carlos Morales Troncoso is telling everybody that it is no use helping Haiti and that its neighbors (read the Dominican Republic) should take over... 3) Two military bases, one in Ennery, and one in St Michel du Sud. Each base should have 100 permanent personnel. Their goals should only be to train military-age Haitians. Half of the training should be about patriotisms and the other half about weaponry, tactics, military doctrine and strategy. Haiti would have no standing army. However, all the command and control structure would exist, with all the officers. The only thing is that they would not be paid, the country being too poor to pay them. They would be civilian unless the country is invaded. Each trained Haitian would become part of a division based on where he is from. For example, if he is from Port de Paix, he would be part of the Maurepas division,brigade Nicolas Louis, and so on. There could be enough divisions to make up two or three armies. Supreme command could alternate every four years between the two or three army commanders. Any military caught within a 30 mile radius from Port-au-Prince with weapons and without the country being invaded should face death penalty. 3) Get decentralization going seriously and full speed ahead. Dilute the importance of Port-au-Prince and of the presidency. Just because a few troublemakers can manage to paralyze Port-au-Prince and force an early school closure there should not be an automatic school closure for the rest of the country and should not have any serious political ramifications. Each department should have its own way of collecting revenues, its own local government, and in most cases should be able to solve most of its local problems. For example the Nord Ouest should be able to stimulate tourisme at La Tortue and other sites and should reuse the tourism revenues to stimulate its own development. Pretty soon, they could build their own international airport. The central government would only deal with national stuff and relations between Haiti and other countries (foreign policy, etc...). This structure would give Haitians more government experience. For instance a local government chief who is working wonders in the Department du Sud could share his techmiques with other local department chiefs. If that successful chief ever becomes a presidential candidate, people could vote for him based on his background and not on emotions.