Aristide’s return to Haiti ‘imminent’ -spokeswoman

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Exiled former Haitian  President Jean-Bertrand Aristide will return to his homeland  within days, according to a spokeswoman who said yesterday the  return is unrelated to Haiti’s upcoming presidential election.

“He will be back in a few days,” said Maryse Narcisse, a  spokeswoman for Aristide’s political party, Fanmi Lavalas. “The  return is imminent.”

Aristide has been exiled in South Africa since 2004,  shortly after his ouster during an armed rebellion in Haiti.  Narcisse would not say exactly when