Haitian Leader Imposes Travel Ban on 91 High-Level Civil Servants
The week-old government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide extended its inquiry into official corruption Thursday by barring 91 high-level civil servants from leaving Haiti.
The order raises to 253 the number of prominent Haitians, including former provisional President Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, prohibited from traveling abroad since last Friday.
The travel ban was issued by government prosecutor Bayard Vincent at the request of a judicial panel looking into corruption and acts of brutality by the 29-year Duvalier family dictatorship and successor regimes.
All of those named in the new list served under Pascal-Trouillot’s 11-month interim civilian government, independent Radio Haiti Inter reported.
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