22121: (Chamberlain) Jamaica-Aristide (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Greg Chamberlain <GregChamberlain@compuserve.com>

   KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 27 (AP) -- Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand
Aristide will leave Jamaica for temporary asylum in South Africa this
weekend, the government said Thursday.
   The former leader will leave the island with his wife and two young
daughters no later than Sunday, Aristide's government-appointed spokesman
Huntley Medley told The Associated Press.
   Aristide fled Haiti on Feb. 29 amid a rebel advance on the capital,
Port-au-Prince. He was flown aboard a U.S.-supplied jet to the Central
African Republic, where he accused the United States of forcibly removing
him from office -- a charge U.S. officials deny.
   He arrived in Jamaica on March 15 to reunite with his family.
   South Africa agreed to give Aristide temporary asylum "until his
personal situation normalizes" and he can return to Haiti. An interim
government, however, has been installed and fresh elections are expected
next year.
   The 15-member Caribbean Community, which refuses to recognize Haiti's
U.S.-backed government, has called on the Washington-based Organization of
American States to investigate the circumstances of Aristide's departure.