Secretary general of the PLD, Jose Tomas Perez alerted that authorities need to redouble the surveillance of the fronter because of the new wave of politically-inspired violence in Haiti. He also urged that the international community support efforts of those in Haiti that want to hold the congressional election. Sectors partial and against former President Jean Bertrand Aristide have stepped up the pressure within Haiti. Violence in Haiti is said to be politically-inspired as sectors that oppose former President Jean Bertrand Aristide want congressional elections to be held now as scheduled. If congressional elections are held jointly with the presidential elections, it is expected that a congress partial to Aristide will be elected. A congress with opposition members would make it possible to interpellate Aristide as to the source of his vast fortune. Several sectors within Haiti favor the continuation of the anachronism that has led to that country becoming the region’s biggest transit point for Colombian cocaine headed to the United States, despite efforts of the Preval government. See http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20000329/t000029468.html
