Platfòm Pitit Desalin

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{{Infobox Political party

| colorcode = #EB1A22

| name = Child of Dessalines Platform

| native_name = Plateforme Enfant de Dessalines
Platfòm Pitit Desalin

|logo = Platfom pitit desalin.jpg

|logo_size = 120px

| leader1_title = Leader

| leader1_name = Jean-Charles Moïse

| split = Inite

| founded = December 2014{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yNGfBwAAQBAJ&q=political+handbook+haiti+mopod&pg=PT2571|title=Political Handbook of the World 2015|first=Tom|last=Landsford|date=2014|publisher=CQ Press |isbn=9781483371559}}

| headquarters = Port-au-Prince

| ideology = Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Dessalinism
Haitian nationalism
Left-wing populism

| position = Centre-left to left-wing

| international =

| colours = {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}} Red

| seats1_title = Chamber of Deputies

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|118|#EB1A22}}

| seats2_title = Senate

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|30|#EB1A22}}

| country = Haiti

| website = [http://platfompititdessalines.com/ platfompititdessalines.com]

}}

Platfòm Pitit Desalin (English: Child of Dessalines Platform; French: Plateforme Enfant de Dessalines), named after Haitian revolutionary leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines, is a Haitian political party led by Jean-Charles Moïse. {{As of|2018|4|11}}, the party had two seats in the Chamber of Deputies and one seat in the Senate. Since January 10, 2023, both houses of parliament in Haiti have been vacant.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-10 |title=Political Vacuum in Haiti Deepens as Senators' Terms Expire |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/political-vacuum-in-haiti-deepens-as-senators-terms-expire-/6913293.html |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=Voice of America |language=en}} The party leader, Jean-Charles Moïse, resigned as Senator in protest of an alleged bribe of $2.5 million offered to him by allies of President Michel Martelly and in order to run for president in the 2015 presidential election. He received 14.3% of the popular vote and came in third place.{{cite web|url=https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2594/|title=Elections: Haiti President 2015|website=IFES Election Guide|access-date=January 30, 2022}} In the aftermath of the election, the party played a major role in the opposition protests against eventual winner Jovenel Moïse.{{Cite news |date=2016-01-19 |title=Protesters vow to derail Haiti presidential vote; election offices burned |language=ja |work=Reuters |url=https://jp.reuters.com/article/us-haiti-election-idUSKCN0UX02U |access-date=2023-12-04}}

Jean-Charles Moïse and General Secretary of the party Assad Volcy have both been central figures in the movement against de facto head of state Ariel Henry.{{Cite web |title=Moïse Jean Charles Rallies for Unity to Bring Down Prime Minister Ariel Henry . Le Nouvelliste |url=https://lenouvelliste.com/article/245379/moise-jean-charles-rallies-for-unity-to-bring-down-prime-minister-ariel-henry |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=lenouvelliste.com |language=en}}

Platfòm Pitit Desalin have alleged mistreatment of their party members at the hands of the Haitian government. While Moïse was still a senator he was allegedly arrested and detained for half a day by Haitian police at a Pitit Desalin rally.{{Cite web |title=Haïti-Elections : La plateforme « Pitit Desalin » dénonce des persécutions politiques contre ses militants |url=https://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article19172#.V3q8h0bR9hF |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=www.alterpresse.org |language=en}} The party also claims that there have been police raids on its offices, as well as 30 politically motivated arrests of party members in November 2015. One party activist, Maxo Gaspard, was shot and killed near the party offices, allegedly by a police officer, although the police have denied their involvement.