Brian Concannon Quotations

What we expect to get out of this is the declaration that the coup was wrong and that the rights of the petitioners were violated. No matter what happens on Tuesday, the election is going to be an empty exercise, unless the international community respects the Haitian voters' decision.

Thus, the document holds no legal value, since it was explicitly signed under duress.

There has not been any progress on that front.

The government has not been paying much attention to the constitution.

The resignation letter was signed under pressure, after several government supporters and police officers had been killed and after he and his family and supporters had been repeatedly threatened. Thus, the document holds no legal value, since it was explicitly signed under duress.

Although (the officers who were released) are technically required to remain available to the justice system, it would be easy for them to hide in Haiti or flee abroad. It is unusual in Haiti to grant pre-trial release to defendants held on such serious charges, especially where, as here, the judge has not even questioned all of the witnesses.

A cancer center in Florida has agreed to treat his leukemia, so he will get immediate attention for the cancer, as well as for the pneumonia he contracted this week.

He's on the plane. He has medical treatment arranged in Miami so he should be getting to the hospital soon.