 After the collapse of the Duvalier regime in 1986, the FAd'H developed an agenda to exert national political leadership, to restore public order, and to gain control over the VSN and other paramilitary groups, but carrying out this program proved difficult, given Haiti's political, economic, and foreign policy situations.The main mission of Haiti's armed forces in the late 1980s continued to be internal security.After 1986, however, this mission regularly conflicted with the national leadership role of the FAd'H.