Word: regala
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...France and Venezuela. A preliminary tally indicated that Manigat won slightly more than 50% of the vote. Brigadier General Henri Namphy, head of the country's three-man military junta, initially favored another candidate, but Manigat apparently won the last-minute support of the junta's Brigadier General Williams Regala and another top military leader. "Manigat could only get to where he has got through an obscure, rigged situation," says a Haitian social scientist. "He would like only to be President. He has no other agenda...
...have this election right in the belly of the beast," he says. Many Haitians, however, feel that Ambroise's optimism is misguided, and some have suggested boycotting the elections. To prevent that, several popular coalitions recommended a reform of the provisional regime, including the possible resignation of General Williams Regala, the least popular member of the three-man government...
...begins to cast its mysterious evening shadows. "The government absolutely believes in elections," says Jolicoeur, whom Greene immortalized in The Comedians in the character of the vicious -- but charming -- Petit Pierre. He sips at his champagne. "Why, Bill called me in just this morning," he says, referring to General Regala. "All he could talk about was elections, elections, elections. For three hours. He asked me to begin a series of profiles of the candidates. Of course, I'm only too happy to oblige. You see, he really wants democracy in our dear Haiti...
...armed forces, said Namphy, had named him, along with Colonel Williams Regala and Jacques Francois, a lawyer who had been the acting Foreign Minister, to form a new three-member ruling council. Said Namphy: "The lack of understanding of some, together with the blind ambition of others, has hampered the accomplishments that the council had started...
...Lieut. General Henri Namphy, 53, the commander of Duvalier's armed forces. In a five- minute television appearance, Namphy affirmed that the council would make "a commitment to human rights" but set no timetable for new elections. The other military members of the junta: Colonels Max Valles and William Regala, who held key positions in the Duvalier regime. The civilians: Minister of Public Works Alix Cineas and Gerard Gourgue, a founding member of the anti- Duvalier Haitian Human Rights League. The council named Colonel Prosper Avril, a former presidential aide-de-camp, as its counselor. Hoping to return the country...