T&T: Pity Caricom wasn't so determined to help Haiti

The Caribbean Community will shortly formally request United Nations (UN) Secretary General Kofi Annan to launch a probe into the circumstances surrounding the departure of Jean Bertrand Aristide as President of Haiti.

Caricom's chairman, Prime Minister PJ Patterson of Jamaica, told the Sunday Express yesterday that he could not properly discuss at this time the proposal to approach the UN, but said regional and international legal experts were advising Caricom on the matter, which remains of "grave importance".

The Sunday Express understands that Caricom is determined to pursue the matter of the probe as "a priority issue".