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Haitian police chief gives up post
First coup leader to leave position; two more pending
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Police chief Michel Francois sneaked out of Haiti in the dark yesterday, the first coup leader to abandon the struggle against American soldiers who poured into Haiti to install a democratic government.
Several hours later, a militia leader renounced violence and called off his opposition to the planned return next week of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
"No more violence," said Emmanuel Constant, the leader of the pro-army militia FRAPH, whose
tires and to put down the guns."
The practice of placing burning tires around someone's neck — known as "necklacing" — has been a notorious form of terror in Haiti.
In additional signs of the push toward democracy, Haitians led U.S. soldiers to homes of suspected civilian gunmen to assist in the American disarmament campaign.
And Aristide himself pledged to return quickly, telling cheering delegates at the U.N. General Assembly he would be back in Haiti in 11 days.
Francois' four-wheel-drive vehicle
passed into the neighboring Dominican Republic after daylight yesterday, en route for Santo Domingo, after several hours of waiting.
Border officials in the Dominican Republic said Francois was accompanied by his brother, Evans Francois, a businessman and former Haitian consul to the Dominican Republic, his wife, two other women and three bodyguards.
Francois left behind a resignation letter defending his actions. "It was not for me to juggle with the destiny of the country," he wrote, in words broadcast on local radio. "I am proud of myself."
After arriving at his brother's luxurious home in suburban Santo Domingo, he refused to talk to reporters. "Soldiers don't talk, only politicians," he said in a statement issued through his brother.
Francois, who as a precinct chief spearheaded the overthrow of Aristide in September 1991, had master-minded squads of "attaches," or army auxiliaries, responsible for many of the thousands of political killings since.
He, army chief Raoul Cedras and army chief-of-staff Philippe Biamby were to leave power by Oct. 15 under a last-minute agreement negotiated with former President Carter that averted a U.S. invasion.
It was not clear whether Cedras and Biambay would also flee, or simply quit their posts. Cedras has vowed not to leave his homeland.
"We have never insisted that the other two leave the country," said U.S. Embassy spokesman Stanley Schrager. "We would hope they do. But they are only obliged to leave their posts."
Aristide promises to rebuild Haiti's economy
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UNITED NATIONS — Exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide vowed yesterday to return to Haiti on Oct. 15 to guide his homeland to a new era of peace and prosperity.
Speaking to the U.N. General Assembly three years after he was ousted in a coup and two weeks after U.S. troops poured into Haiti to guarantee his return, Aristide proclaimed that when he reaches Haiti, "a brilliant light will fill our eyes, the light of reconciliation.
"Eleven days from now, I shall be there, thanks to the determination of the Haitian people and our solidarity," said Aristide, alternating between French, Creole and English. Under an agreement that narrowly
averted a full U.S. invasion last month, the Haitian military junta has pledged to step down by Oct. 15.
Aristide gave no further details on his return. He previously had said that Haiti's military leaders must leave the country beforehand, but the agreement does not require them to depart.
One of the coup leaders, Port-au-Prince police chief Michel Francois, fled Haiti yesterday for the Dominican Republic. He masterminded the army auxiliary squads responsible for much of the terror that has plagued the nation.
But there was no indication that fellow coup leaders Lt. Gen. Raoul Cedras, the army commander, and army chief of staff Philippe Biamby planned to join Francois in exile.
Cedras has said he wanted to remain in Haiti.
Asked if he was prepared to invite Cedras "to drink a cup of reconciliation coffee," Aristide replied: "All I can do is express the best of wishes for my own country. What I have said is that I hope that he follows the one who left."
Aristide was noncommunal when asked if reconciliation would also apply to the coup leaders, who are supposed to get amnesty under the agreement negotiated with the United States.
"The president can only grant an amnesty on political matters, which I have already done," he said. "When there are crimes against humanity, there cannot be any generalized amnesty."
But Aristide sought to alay fears he and his supporters would carry out reprisals against those who ousted him and oppressed his supporters.
He said that Haiti was bankrupt and economically devastated, with inflation estimated at 60 percent after "three years of pillage."
In his speech, Aristide called for foreign investment to rebuild the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere.
Aristide's speech, addressed largely to Haitians, was filled with poetic images of an idealized democratic homeland.
Mandela seeks economic help from America
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Grateful for past help and seeking more, Nelson Mandela asked Americans yesterday to expand the support they gave South Africa in the victory against apartheid — this time by helping revive his nation's economy.
"Come and invest in our country," he said. "I come here ... knowing I will not go back with empty hands."
President Clinton welcomed Mandela to an exuberant White House ceremony underscoring the 78-year-old African leader's rise from imprisonment in the apartheid state to the presidency of South Africa's democracy.
On his first visit to the United States since his inauguration in May, Mandela was greeted by 4,000 guests at the White House, including diplomats and politicians, actress Alfre Woodard and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman John Shalikashvili.
Mandela, on a week-long visit to New York and Washington in search of business investment, said he had come with a message:
"People of the United States of America: Open your markets to us. People of the United States of America: Come and invest in our country."
Clinton told Mandela the United States is committed to helping him fight apartheid's legacy of joblessness, homelessness and poverty.
"We will walk every mile with you and ... we will not grow weary on the way," Clinton said.
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