Jean-Claude Duvalier

In fact, on Saturday, a small group of supporters clad in red and black clutched photos of the ousted leader as they call for his return to the political process.

The group of a mere 200 people moved through the Port-au-Prince suburb of Petionville, a stronghold for the former leader, in support of Baby Doc while some carried photos of his late father, Francois ‘Papa Doc’ Duvalier.

May 22 marked the anniversary of Papa Doc’s founding of the controversial secret police called the Tonton Macoute. The group, officially known as the Militia of National Security Volunteers reportedly murdered, tortured and extorted money from numerous Haitians.

President Rene Préval, along with other leaders, is pressed to hold an election which is constitutionally due this year. Préval is hoping to have this realized with the help of the United Nations and the Organization of American States, despite the devastation the country has been facing since the massive earthquake on January 12.

The president has said he will remain in office up to three months past the end of his term, if a new leader is not elected by November 28.

Duvalier, who inherited the presidency at the tender age of 19, fled a 1986 popular rebellion into exile and now resides in Paris. He is just 59 years old.

The Duvalier family was ousted for, among other atrocities, taking money from the struggling nation and depositing it in Swiss accounts for itself.

Despite this, some Haitians, who are despondent by the escalating poverty in their home country, want back the staunchly enforced law and order of the 29-year rule of the father and son.