Arrived aboard 3 pickups and a bus [with license plates obscured], about a hundred men, in fatigues and armed, claiming to be former military, tried to penetrate in the perimeter of the Legislative Building while deputies was in session for the formation of the commission responsible for analyzing the documents of the Prime Minister-designate, Laurent Lamothe. Security officers of Parliament have prohibited these individuals [without incident] the access to the Palais.

These men claimed to want to talk to elected officials of their rights and of an offensive that the power is preparing to launch against the soldiers occupying former military bases.

Faced with this unprecedented situation, Levaillant Louis Jeune, President of the Chamber of Deputies who refused to receive the armed men declared "We can not coninue working under these conditions [...] it's serious that a parliament in operation is under siege by armed bandits" before to suspend the session for a period of 24 hours in protest. Shortly before this decision, the Deputy Arnel Bélizaire, [former member of FAd'H], which had the support of several of his colleagues, had attempted, unsuccessfully, to convince the office to accept to receive a delegation of men in fatigues...

Oblasse Larose [Commander?] at the head of the men declared "...our presence here to the Parliament is to tell those who are responsible for managing the laws in the country, that they ask the Minister of Justice, Me Pierre Michel Brunache to close the valve of blood that he said he would open... How to imagine a Minister of Justice, who said in a statement that he will seek police officers in special units of the police, and send them attack the military who are on bases, who are stationed peacefully, who make claims that are fair ? The Constitution of Haiti, recognizes the army, and an article said that under no circumstances we have the right to revoke a military [...] How the Minister can trample the Constitution like that ? [...]

We are for Peace, the purpose of our demands is that the Minister rid the country [of foreign forces] [...] the people know the wrong that the Minustah done in the country [...] it is the people of Haiti who asked the army, he is tired of the Minustah [...]"

When the National Police of Haiti is arrived at the scene, the armed men had already withdrawn without causing further incidents.

Garry Conille reacts strongly

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-5435-haiti-security-garry-conille-reacts-strongly.html

The President condemns the presence of men in fatigues before the Parliament

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-5436-haiti-security-the-president-condemns-the-presence-of-men-in-fatigues-before-the-parliament.html

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-5414-haiti-security-the-minister-of-justice-describes-as-anomaly-the-presence-of-armed-men.html

S/ HaitiLibre