Crisis-Striken Haiti Postpones Elections
The council said it will revise the timetable after violence left at least 5,700 people dead or wounded this year, the United Nations said.
- On Tuesday, the Provisional Electoral Council indefinitely postponed elections originally scheduled for December 13, citing the need for updated operational requirements amidst ongoing political chaos.
- Rampant gang violence has left at least 5,700 people dead or wounded this year, while the International Organization for Migration reports nearly 1.5 million inhabitants are internally displaced.
- To assist local police, the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force currently has about 1,500 personnel deployed, though the mission is intended to reach 5,500 total.
- Officials from the council confirmed that the December 13 date no longer stands, stating the updated timetable "will be made public as soon as possible."
- Haiti has not held national elections since 2016, and the presidency remains vacant following the 2021 assassination of its leader, highlighting prolonged political instability.
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The Provisional Electoral Council froze the calendar and extended the registration of candidates until 31 October, while the gangs control more than 80% of Port-au-Prince.
Haiti announced on Tuesday the postponement of the first stages of the electoral process, which postpones for an indefinite period the presidential and legislative elections previously planned for December. The poorest country in the Americas is plunged into a political, economic and security crisis, aggravated in recent years by gang violence, which multiplied the murders, rapes and recruitment of minors. Haiti, with about 11 million inhabitant…
Electoral council extends candidate registration deadline to Oct. 31 while preparing revised national timeline
Haiti today postponed the electoral process and left the presidential and legislative elections scheduled for December for violence.
Planned for 13 December, the first round is postponed without a new date, in a country where fewer than 800,000 voters have registered out of 7 million people of voting ageThe Haitian electoral authorities announced on Tuesday the postponement of the first stages of the electoral process, thus sine qua non the presidential and legislative elections that were to begin on 13 December, in a country ravaged by gang violence.The first round of presid…
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