Baby Doc Duvalier Returns to Haiti

Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, the former dictator of Haiti, returned to Haiti yesterday, quietly and with no announced plans to do anything. He merely said he wants to help.
Baby Doc, the son of the notorious Haitian dictator, Papa Doc Duvalier, followed in his father's footsteps as president. He tortured, jailed without trial or hope of exit, and took whatever he could by whatever means required from the Haitian people, with the help of his Ton Ton Makout secret police . He was ousted in a street-led coup and went into exile in France in 1987.
But, there he was yesterday morning, emerging from an Air France flight from Paris, accompanied by his long-time girlfriend and several aides. He said nothing to the press and went directly to a "luxury" hotel where he seems to be almost holed-up. He promises a press conference this week.
France did not know he was leaving. Haiti did not know he was arriving. America is "troubled." Numerous human rights organizations are calling for his arrest by the Haitian government, if there really is one, so that he can be put on trial for his past deeds.
Haitians, more than half of whom are under 20 years old and have no memory of his dictatorship, are divided about his presence in the country.
Some Haitians say it will only make an extremely difficult situation more difficult. Others say it will make the ongoing Haitian presidential elections more confused. Older citizens remember his cruelty and fear the possibility of his regaining power. Many wonder, given the mess that Haiti has been left in by the world in general, if Baby Doc might actually help put things in order.
Rumors in Europe suggest he may be having financial troubles. If so, did he return to Haiti to clean out the tills one more time?
Does he want to be president again? Could he win an election? Would the international community tolerate this. Would his attempt to re-enter the political arena make the other ousted Haitian president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, consider returning, too?
Poor Haiti seems not to have enough troubles. It now has to endure the presence of one past dictator and the possible return of another. As my grandmother would have said, "There's good luck, bad luck, and no luck at all."