Aristide supporter says marches planned for March
Aristide supporter says marches planned for March
By TRENTON DANIEL | Associated Press – Thu, Mar 1, 2012
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Supporters of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide are planning rallies this month to demonstrate the power of his Lavalas party and protest Haiti's current government, a longtime Aristide ally said Thursday.
Rene Civil said the marches, including one next week, aim to mark special occasions such as the day Aristide returned last year from seven years in exile.
"We know that we are still the majority and we are going to keep showing that we are the majority," Civil said by phone. "Lavalas is the only party able to do that."
The planned street marches come one day after several thousand Aristide supporters surprised Haitians by showing the level of support he still has in the shanty strongholds where he built his following as a young priest.
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