Security & Strategic Review May 2011 (ISSN 1741-4202)

Newly elected President Michel Martelly had campaigned on a pledge to revive Haiti's armed forces, demobilised by thrice former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1995. Former soldiers and would-be new soldiers had been training for the event. Half a month after his investiture, however, Martelly had not made a move in this direction. This is at least partly because manoeuvres by the outgoing congress have left Haiti unsure about the validity of their last-minute amendments to the 1987 constitution.