He asked Haitians "not to give in to anger, because sometimes anger can make you lose the battle. Continue to protest according to the Constitution, but with respect for the rights of others to go to work, to take care of their business. If a small market vendor cannot sell his products to bring food to his or her children, if the taxi drivers cannot work, if the factory worker cannot get to work, we are hurting our own friends."

He said there are two aspects in a fight: "the legal aspect and the political aspect; We are going to take care of the legal aspect. But I ask the leaders in the street to remove the barricades, to let people circulate freely, so that we do not have to hurt those whose rights we seek to defend. I repeat, I am not giving orders to the Haitian People. They are adults, they are their own masters. I do not have orders to give to them. I did not ask them to go out in the street. It is not up to me to ask them to go back home. All I am saying is to pay attention to what I said in terms of the political fight. We need to keep with us those who are lukewarm and to safeguard what we have already gained. This is the way we can win both the legal and the political battle."

To finish, "LESPWA is going to continue to fight. We are going to show that we have won the elections, we are going to demonstrate that. We are going to isolate those who do not want democracy. (Préval calls them the "jusqu'au-boutistes"). Do not fall in the trap set by those people. Watch for agitators, infiltrators. Continue to protest, but with intelligence, legally, with respect. Do not attack people, respect the property of others, respect private property. Do all that so that we can win the political battle."

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