Haiti's government granted a passport to former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, exiled in South Africa since 2004 after a coup against him, which would facilitate their return to the unstable and impoverished Caribbean country, as reported by local media. According to sources, the passport was delivered to Aristide's lawyer, Ira Kurzban American, who traveled over the weekend in Port au Prince to expedite the process.
According to the weekly Haiti en Marche, counsel had to leave the Haitian capital on Saturday with the passport. Kurzban deposited all required documents in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Interior, where the examination of the documents allowed the withdrawal of the passport, he added the middle.
René Préval's government said on January 31 be prepared to provide a passport to former president Aristide, to return to Haiti. The Ministry of Interior and Local Authorities then said in a statement that "as soon as a demand (for Aristide passport) will be implemented quickly." The spokesman for the former head of state Maryse Narcisse said that followers of exmandatario going to keep pushing to get Aristide to return to the country.
However, would not confirm or deny delivery of the passport and said "there is a law firm that handles these formal proceedings" in relation to the office of U.S. attorney Ira Kurzban. Aristide's supporters have made a few weeks demonstrations and rallies against government offices to demand a diplomatic passport for exgobernante.
In the context of these movements, Maryse Narcisse has reiterated that "the Haitian and South African governments should contact to facilitate the rapid return" of Aristide. Aristide said last month his desire to return to Haiti to "help in the field of education" and further alleged health problems.
The exmandatario made his approach four days after a surprise return to the country's former dictator Jean Claude Duvalier, after 25 years in exile in France, where he received after being forced to leave the Caribbean country amid a popular revolt against him. 
According to the weekly Haiti en Marche, counsel had to leave the Haitian capital on Saturday with the passport. Kurzban deposited all required documents in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Interior, where the examination of the documents allowed the withdrawal of the passport, he added the middle.
René Préval's government said on January 31 be prepared to provide a passport to former president Aristide, to return to Haiti. The Ministry of Interior and Local Authorities then said in a statement that "as soon as a demand (for Aristide passport) will be implemented quickly." The spokesman for the former head of state Maryse Narcisse said that followers of exmandatario going to keep pushing to get Aristide to return to the country.
However, would not confirm or deny delivery of the passport and said "there is a law firm that handles these formal proceedings" in relation to the office of U.S. attorney Ira Kurzban. Aristide's supporters have made a few weeks demonstrations and rallies against government offices to demand a diplomatic passport for exgobernante.
In the context of these movements, Maryse Narcisse has reiterated that "the Haitian and South African governments should contact to facilitate the rapid return" of Aristide. Aristide said last month his desire to return to Haiti to "help in the field of education" and further alleged health problems.
The exmandatario made his approach four days after a surprise return to the country's former dictator Jean Claude Duvalier, after 25 years in exile in France, where he received after being forced to leave the Caribbean country amid a popular revolt against him.
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