During this exclusive interview with the Dominican newspaper, Fritz Alphonse Jean—questioned on Monday, March 31, 2025, by the paper’s director Miguel Franjul, editor-in-chief Juan Eduardo Thomas, and journalist Melanie Cuevas—addressed several major issues, including Haitian-Dominican relations. For Ives-Marie Chanel, the CPT president’s interview was “a mistake linked to inexperience.” “Perhaps he gave the interview thinking the video wouldn’t be made public? Personally, I consider the interview catastrophic,” said Ives-Marie Chanel.

“There was a lack of protocol. There was a lot of improvisation in the answers to the questions, and the translation from Haitian Creole to Spanish was incorrect. The setting wasn’t appropriate,” Chanel pointed out, notably highlighting the absence of the Haitian bicolor flag in the background and the very visible presence of a jar of peanuts.