Haiti: Hasty departure of U.N. peacekeepers ill-advised – report

The non-profit group also advised the government of Haiti to put off efforts to re-establish the army until a national consensus has been obtained. As a candidate, Martelly said he hoped to revive Haiti’s armed forces, but that idea has been met with opposition since he became president, with some diplomats saying that money should be invested instead in the country’s understaffed national police force.

Former Haitian soldiers and their younger supporters, hopeful about the possible return of the army, seized several former military barracks and other public facilities earlier this year. Police and the U.N. closed the de facto military bases in May.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press

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