ARTICLE - 100 "SOLDIERS" VISIT PARLIAMENT :)

A HUNDRED MEN IN FATIGUES AND ARMED BEFORE THE PARLIAMENT
(Haiti Libre) -

Arriving aboard 3 pickups and a bus [with license plates obscured], about a hundred armed men in fatigues, claiming to be former military, tried to penetrate inside the perimeter of the Legislative Building, while deputies were in session for the formation of the commission responsible for analyzing the documents of the Prime Minister-designate, Laurent Lamothe. Security officers of Parliament prohibited these individuals [without incident] access to the Parliament.

These men claimed to want to talk to elected officials of their rights and about an offensive that the power is preparing to launch against the soldiers occupying former military bases.

Faced with this unprecedented situation, Levaillant Louis Jeune, President of the Chamber of Deputies, who refused to receive the armed men, declared: "We can not coninue working under these conditions [...] It's serious that a parliament in operation is under siege by armed bandits", before suspening the session for a period of 24 hours in protest. Shortly before this decision, Deputy Arnel Bélizaire, [former member of FAd'H], who had the support of several of his colleagues, had attempted, unsuccessfully, to convince the office to receive a delegation of the men in fatigues...

Oblasse Larose [Commander?] at the head of the men, declared: "...our presence here at the Parliament, is to tell those who are responsible for managing the laws in the country, that they ask the Minister of Justice, Mr. Pierre Michel Brunache, to close the valve of blood that he said he would open... Imagine a Minister of Justice, who said in a statement that he will seek police officers in special units of the police, and send them to attack the military, who are on bases, who are stationed peacefully, who make claims that are fair? The Constitution of Haiti, recognizes the army, and an article said that under no circumstances do they have the right to revoke the military [...] How can the Minister trample the Constitution like that? [...]

We are for Peace. The purpose of our demands is that the Minister rid the country [of foreign forces] [...] The people know the wrongs that the Minustah have done in the country [...] It is the people of Haiti who have asked for the army. They are tired of the Minustah [...]"

When the National Police of Haiti arrived at the scene, the armed men had already withdrawn, without causing further incidents.