Rebels leader declares himself Haiti's new chief

Описание: (2 Mar 2004)

1. Armed men patrolling streets, shooting
2. Armed men stop man on motorcycle at gun point
3. Armed men shooting
4. Two shots of armed men holding civilians on streets
5. Guy Philippe,Haitian Rebel leader, and others come before the press
6. Guy Philippe walking
7. Philippe reading Dominican newspaper saying Aristide with photo of him of the front
8. Wide shot of presser
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Guy Philippe, Haitian Rebel leader:
"The people that are on the streets in Cap Haitien, in Gonaives, in Port-au-Prince, all over the country. I am their chief."
REPORTER: "I am sorry, say that again."
ANSWER: "I am their chief."
REPORTER:"Do you see yourself as the Chief of a new Haitian army?
ANSWER:"No, The President should name him. But for now, until the President takes the decision, we have the moral obligation to help people."
10. Cutaway of press corp at conference with Guy Philippe
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Guy Philippe, haitian rebel leader:
"Every time we have a good president, they kill him. They want to take all the power here so they can keep on stealing the country's money. They have some contact with the International community to come and give people we want to help, to give us pressure. But this time we want to take this pressure. If they want to kill me, I am ready. They can come and kill me, I'm ready to die for my country. That is why, that is what I am going to do now, today. And I will fight until death for my country and for my people. And we are ready to die. Thank
you very much. "
12. End of press conference with Guy Philippe and others
13. Armed men patrolling streets, shooting
14. Armed men stop man on motorcycle at gun point
15. Shooting
16. Two shots of armed men holding civilians on streets

STORYILNE:

Rebel leader Guy Philippe declared Tuesday he is Haiti's new military chief in Haiti.

Flanked by other rebel leaders and senior officers of Haiti's police force, Philippe told a news conference: "I am the chief."

He said he was prepared to die for his country but reiterated he had no political aspirations, saying "I am not interested in politics."

Haiti's Chief Justice Boniface Alexandre was installed as interim leader Sunday, in the hours after President Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled a bloody uprising and under pressure from the United States and France.

Philippe, a former provincial police chief of Aristide, has said he wants to reconstitute the army that ousted Aristide in 1991 and that Aristide disbanded in 1995.

Philippe was a cadet in the Haitian army, undergoing officer training at a military academy in Ecuador when the country suffered under brutal military dictatorships.

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