PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Caribbean Heads of Government wrapped up their 10th Special Meeting on Tuesday evening after deliberating on several issues including the crisis facing the French-speaking Caribbean nation. After several hours of discussion, the 15-member body remains disunited on the issue of accepting Haiti back in the fold with what some are calling the imposter Prime Minister at the helm. Guyana's out-spoken President Bharrat Jagdeo made it clear that there is strong opposition to bringing Haiti back "to the councils of CARICOM, because there was an interruption in the democratic order and we thought that CARICOM should, like the Organisation of American States (OAS) have some principles that do not allow countries where you have an interruption in the democratic order to participate in the councils of that organisation." CARICOM now says it is willing to work with the Latin American Rio Group in an effort to secure free and fair elections in Haiti some time next year. Acting Secretary General of the OAS, Ambassador Luigi Einaudi, on Monday announced the OAS' intention to assist Haiti in preparing for elections as he updated the Permanent Council on the Haitian crisis. Ambassador Einaudi’s report followed the announcement by Ecuador’s Ambassador, Marcelo Hervas, that his government has already dispatched to Haiti a contingent of more than 70 personnel, some 45 of them being military engineers. When quizzed as to how smooth will be the cooperation between CARICOM and the Rio Group, St. Lucia's Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony said there will have to be a wait and see attitude. "Obviously these are issues that have to thrashed out, will have to be resolved," and Anthony stressed that working alongside Brazil or Chile does not mean recognition of the interim Haitian government which as been imposed on the Haitian people by the Bush Administration, adding that: "I do not support at this stage any recognition of the Latorture regime or the re-admission of the Latorture regime to the corridors of Caricom until there has been a return to democratic behaviour and practice." Meanwhile Grenada's Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Mitchell, the current Chairman of Caricom said emphasis is being placed on providing assistance for the people of Haiti who have been battered by tropical storm Jeanne and the continued political violence and bloodshed. "We'll continue to provide the assistance we promised as a region to Haiti," but he too noted that no real agreement has been reached on the political situation. Reprinted from Caribbean Net News caribbeannetnews.com