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Caribbean & Central America - July 2016 (ISSN 1741-4458)
HAITI: Another institutional vacuum in Haiti
The national legislature’s hitherto failure to vote on whether to extend the 120-day mandate of interim President Jocelerme Privert, which officially ended on 14 June, is once again fuelling political instability concerns in Haiti. Privert’s mandate was set by the accord inked by former president Michel Martelly (2011-2016) and heads of congress, ahead of Martelly’s departure on 7 February [RC-16-02]. With the international community urging political actors to assume their responsibilities and address the power vacuum, Privert is insisting that he will remain in office until a decision has been taken. In one step forward, however, Jovenel Moïse of Martelly’s Parti Haïtien Têt Kalé (PHTK), the top finisher in the October 2015 disputed presidential first-round vote, has confirmed his participation in the 9 October first round re-run. This effectively legitimises the provisional electoral council (CEP)’s controversial decision, announced last month, to scrap the first-round presidential results altogether due to allegations of widespread fraud, and set fresh elections [RC-16-06].
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