US EditionHaiti's transitional government adopts key law to hold a general election for first time since 2016
The new electoral law sets the stage for Haiti’s first general election since 2016 amid ongoing gang violence that controls much of the capital, officials said.
- The Transitional Presidential Council approved the electoral law late Monday, enabling publication of an official electoral calendar and advancing Haiti's first general election since 2016.
- With a Feb. 7 deadline looming, the council moved to adopt the law amid pressure from some members pushing to oust Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, including Fritz Alphonse Jean, council member recently sanctioned by the U.S.
- The Provisional Electoral Council set a first round in August and final round in December next year, stressing restored security is a prerequisite, Jacques Desrosiers said.
- Laurent Saint-Cyr, Transitional Presidential Council president, praised the electoral law for offering Haitians the chance to choose leaders and reaffirmed commitment to restoring security, while council member Frinel Joseph called it a "decisive turning point" providing a legal framework for elections.
- Amid pervasive violence, armed gangs in Port-au-Prince control much of the city and instability has worsened since early 2024, complicating election plans as the United Nations reports more than 16,000 people killed since 2022.
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Then & Now: Can Haiti's government hold an election?
Last fall, Haiti created a transitional presidential council tasked with regaining control over the gang-ravaged Caribbean country and ushering in elections by February 2026. On Tuesday, the transitional government passed a law calling for elections in August, missing the original deadline but calming fears that leaders intended to indefinitely delay the vote to stay in power.But calling an election and actually steering a country toward democra…
Haiti, considered the poorest country of the United States continent, has not made elections nine years ago and has been no president since the murder of Jovenel Moise in July 2021.
Washington, Dec 2 (EFE).- The U.S. Department of State expressed its support for the recently approved electoral decree of the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT) of Haiti, considered a key step towards the restoration of democratic governance in the Caribbean nation. The approval marks the possibility of convening general elections for the first time in almost a decade, after years of institutional crisis and growing violence, according to …
The poorest country in the Americas, Haiti has not held elections in nine years and has been without president since the assassination of Jovenel Moïse in July 2021. It is currently led by transitional authorities who have struggled to agree on various subjects, including the hold...
A decree on the holding of elections was adopted on Monday. "The restoration of security is a prerequisite for the realization of the first round on 30 August 2026", warned the President of the Provisional Electoral Council. The country, bruised by gang violence, has not held elections in nine years.
The transitional Haitian authorities announced on Tuesday the organization of legislative and presidential elections this summer, in a country stuck in a deep political crisis and ravaged by the violence of gangs that almost completely control the capital Port-au-Prince.
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