Haiti's president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is defiant. He rejected the Bush administration's suggestion to hold early elections in an effort to diffuse the crisis.
Aristide's rejection of the Bush administration's proposal for early elections amid a crisis in Haiti.
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I reject the Bush administration's suggestion to hold early elections in an effort to diffuse the crisis.
Of course not, because no one should force an elected president to move in order to avoid bloodshed.
We feel deeply and profoundly that we should be there, in Haiti, with them, trying our best to prevent death.
We had 32 coup d'etats; it's enough. We need now to respect the constitutional order. And I will leave the palace on February 7, 2006, which is good for our democracy.