There are exactly 81 members of the Armed Forces of Haiti assigned to the close protection of former members of the Presidential Council, ministers, and other high-ranking state officials. In a memorandum issued on Monday, the General Staff of the FAd’H is giving 72 hours to its military personnel engaged in escort or guard missions to return to the ranks for new national defense assignments.

This Army memorandum is addressed to members of the former Transitional Presidential Council, the President and judges of the Court of Cassation; former and current ministers; the President and members of the Permanent Electoral Council (CEP); former and current directors general and individuals currently benefiting from military detachments. Only the Prime Minister, Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, appears to be exempt from this decision.