Malval Robert

Holding fast to a deadline he set upon taking office three months ago, Haitian Prime Minister Robert Malval intends to resign Dec. 15, a top aide to the beleaguered leader said Saturday. "He has said he was going to resign then" and that has not changed, the aide said. The aide said Malval will go to Washington next week for consultations with exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide but will probably not accept another invitation to stay in power after Dec. 15.

Holding fast to a deadline he set upon taking office three months ago, Haitian Prime Minister Robert Malval intends to resign Dec. 15, a top aide to the beleaguered leader said Saturday. "He has said he was going to resign then" and that has not changed, the aide said. The aide said Malval will go to Washington next week for consultations with exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide but will probably not accept another invitation to stay in power after Dec. 15.