PESTEL,
Grand’Anse, Haiti – Former police chief, Guy Philippe,
told the Associated Press there would be “trouble” if he
were to lose his race for a Senate seat in the Oct. 9
election.
The 2004 coup leader was interviewed from the
town of Pestel where he has created a stronghold,
according to the
Washington Post.
“I will fight if I lose this election because
I’ll know the government did it illegally,” he told the
Associated Press reporter David McFadden. “I have
nothing to lose.”
Philippe’s threats of political violence are not
new. In late April and May of this year, he had gone on
radio airwaves promising to overthrow interim president
Jocelerme Privert if he did not step down on May 14.
An attack on a police station in Aux Cayes on May
16 appeared to be the work Philippe, still a fugitive of
justice according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
(DEA).
Guy Philippe has denied involvement in the
attack, but one of the few dozen attackers was cited in
court papers and on video saying it was “Guy” who sent
them, and this has not helped his case.
Philippe has not answered calls for questioning by
justice officials and told the Haitian Police and
National Palace that he would fight if they were to
enter his town.Following this meeting, the authorities of both
countries agreed on the need to meet regularly to
restore the work of a bilateral joint commission.
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