50 men in uniform claiming to be former members of Haiti's disbanded army entered the premises of Parliament and demanded to speak to deputies about what they said were the government and police department plans to expel them from the old military camps they've occupied in the capital and countryside in recent months.
Some of the men were armed prompting some deputies to leave hastily and end the session. A few of the lawmakers later spoke on local radio about how the remnants of the former
Approximately 3,500 former soldiers and their young recruits have occupied the bases in hope that President Michel Martelly will honor his campaign goal of restoring the army that was abolished in 1995 because of its bloody past.
Foreign diplomats have called the men paramilitary elements as they parade around the capital and countryside with guns.
President Michel Martelly, who is recovering in Miami from surgery, condemned the action of the men.
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