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WORLD, Page 31World NotesHAITIA Shock to the System
She won international praise for faithfully steering Haiti to
its first free and honest elections. But last week former
Supreme Court judge and interim President Ertha Pascal-Trouillot
was arrested and charged with complicity in a foiled coup
against her own 10-month-old government in January.
The surprise arrest stemmed from a takeover attempt led by
former Duvalierist strongman Dr. Roger Lafontant after the
populist Roman Catholic priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide won the
presidency in the Dec. 16 vote. Pascal-Trouillot has said that
she was kidnapped from her home and held hostage for 10 hours
before loyalist troops stormed the National Palace and ended the
siege. But Lafontant contends he is not guilty of trying to oust
the government, because Trouillot willingly handed power over
to him. Many Haitians believe that Trouillot and other members
of her government stole millions from the national treasury
during her administration, but no charges have been leveled to
date.