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7096: Aristide and CARICOM (fwd)
From: Max Blanchet <maxblanchet@worldnet.att.net>
President Aristide moving to clean up Haiti
Bridgetown, Barbados, CANA - Worried Caribbean Community and
Common Market (CARICOM) heads of government have won some
concessions from embattled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide
as his country prepares to become a full member of CARICOM. Haiti's
ability to become the first French-speaking member of the 15-nation
economic and trade grouping remains under a cloud after several nations
complained about the conduct of the senate and presidential elections
last year. A lot of the concern was directed at a provisional council
supervising the elections, alleged to be biased in favour of Aristide's
party. During their just-ended 12th inter-sessional summit here
CARICOM leaders had what one newspaper called "a 90-minute
grilling" of Aristide. They said afterwards he had given assurances
about suggested changes upon which Haitian membership of
CARICOM was based