I want to take this opportunity to express, one more time, my deep sadness to those countrymen who feel, rightly, that they were victims of my government.

People of Haiti, I am the heir to the political philosophy, the doctrine and the revolution which my late father incarnated as president-for-life [and] I have decided to continue his work with the same fierce energy and the same intransigence.

There has not been one day since I left that I have not thought about Haiti.

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

It is the destiny of the people of Haiti to suffer.

I am currently in Haiti to help the Haitian people in their reconstruction.

All I know is politics. Really, politics takes up most of my time; it's nonstop.