Preval Sees A Haiti Without Aristide
Hardbeatnews, KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thurs. Jan. 4, 2007: Haitian President Rene Preval, who began a five-day trip to Jamaica yesterday, insists he sees no further role in Haiti for ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Preval?s comments came amidst a protest call late last year by loyalists of Aristide who urged for his return. Aristide and his family currently live in exile in South Africa following his hostile ouster in 2004. Following Preval?s election to office last year, Aristide had indicated his willingness to return to Haiti but has been silent since.
Preval and his entourage, including Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship, Jean Ronald Clerisme and Minister of Tourism, Patrick Delatour, touched down at the Norman Manley international airport yesterday morning and met with Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Governor General, Professor Kenneth Hall.
He is scheduled to meet Opposition Leader Bruce Golding and former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson today.
Préval was inaugurated in last May for the second time as President of Haiti, following his victory in the Presidential Election in February 2006. ? Hardbeatnews.com