Weekly Report - 12 February 2026 (WR-26-06)
HAITI: PM assumes control as CPT’s mandate ends
A “catastrophic balance sheet”. This was the assessment of Pierre Espérance, the director of local NGO Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH), regarding Haiti’s nine-member transitional presidential council (CPT), whose mandate ended on 7 February. Established in April 2024 after former prime minister Ariel Henry (2021-2024) was ejected amid gang attacks, the scandal-hit CPT failed in its twin objectives of restoring security to the country and staging long overdue elections. Absent an elected president and legislature, power has now been transferred to Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, as Haiti enters a further “transition period”.
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