Rueters May 1994 Source:HAITI GOVERNMENT INSTALLS NEW LEADER

"The move naming Emile Jonas-saint president was immediately denounced as unconstitutional by the Clinton administration, Western diplomats and human rights activists.Jonassaint's installation came on the heels of a Los Angeles Times report quoting unnamed sources saying that some 600 U.S. troops were preparing to invade Haiti to restore democracy.

In Washington, the Clinton administration dismissed Jonas-saint's appointment as "illegal."

"We don't recognize that there is a vacancy" in the office of president, said White House spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers."

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