President Rene Preval announced that he had disbursed funds to the media during the earthquake struck on 12 January.
The head of state said that this gift is unconditional.
Preval praised the exceptional freedom enjoyed by the press under its mandate.
"Freedom of the press is guaranteed in Haiti. They say anything against me, but I do not response ", said the head of state mentioned the case of French President Nicolas Sarkozy who acts contrary to France.
Rene Preval has indicated that no media has received funding from the government can claim to have received an order from it.
Since the passage of the earthquake, several media Capital changed their programming to meet the needs of the population in terms of information. Of prime time are added to those existing before the deadly disaster.
Consequently, debates in these "public spaces" within the meaning of the term Habermas, have become very bitter and opposition leaders are frequently intervene to protest government policy.
Even elected officials took part in these discussions to castigate the relocation of disaster, the aid coordination Humanitarian including the vote of the Emergency Law and that bearing the establishment of the interim committee charged with the reconstruction of Haiti.
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