Haiti: A Time for Mission Governance
, ILLUSION, AND CONFUSION, LET US ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION OF REASON FOR NATIONAL RECOVERY Haiti is going through one of the most serious periods in its contemporary history.
By La Rédaction · Port-au-Prince
· 4 min read · Updated 24 April 2026
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BETWEEN EXCLUSION, ILLUSION, AND CONFUSION, LET US ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION OF REASON FOR NATIONAL RECOVERY
For more than five (5) years, the country has been sinking into a continuous economic debacle, characterized by:
• a quasi-permanent recession;
• rampant inflation, which erodes purchasing power and impoverishes families;
• a structural trade balance deficit, accentuating external dependence;
• the collapse of productive investment and the massive brain drain. Added to this economic crisis is widespread insecurity, which has become a major factor in national destruction. In the space of five years, thousands of deaths have been recorded, including that of President Jovenel Moïse, assassinated under conditions that profoundly shook the Republic and highlighted the fragility of the State even in its highest spheres. This chronic insecurity has notably led to:
• the decision by most international airlines to suspend their flights to Toussaint Louverture International Airport in the capital;
• a progressive isolation of the country on the international stage;
• the official closure of the land border with the Dominican Republic, with severe economic, social, and humanitarian consequences.
• a dysfunctional Parliament for more than five (5) years;
• a weakened, contested, or non-existent Presidency;
• paralyzed municipalities, reduced to mere administrative expressions;
• a severely weakened Justice system, with courts destroyed, displaced, or rendered inoperative. Major symbols of the Republic have been attacked, trivialized, or abandoned:
• the National Palace, in Champ-de-Mars;
• the Prime Minister's Office (Primature), in Bicentenaire;
• the Palace of Justice, in Bicentenaire;
• several ministries and public institutions. In parallel, renowned hospitals, universities, and schools have been burned, looted, closed, or forced to flee.
Businesses, shops, libraries, and even cemeteries have been vandalized, revealing a profound crisis of respect for life, collective memory, and knowledge.
1. A clear, limited, and essential-oriented mandate;
2. Non-negotiable national priorities;
3. A rigorous method, with measurable objectives and verifiable results;
4. A rational and coordinated plan to eradicate violence and banditry;
5. Timely, humane, and benevolent action in favor of displaced persons, especially those living in misery camps;
6. Targeted financial and technical support for individuals whose movable, immovable property, or businesses have been destroyed;
7. An adapted Constitution, carrying a modern, functional, and balanced vision of the State;
8. A credible and well-planned electoral competition, guaranteeing popular sovereignty and democratic alternation;
9. A vast national awareness campaign, promoting citizen engagement and collective co-responsibility. This governance must be structured around four immediate imperatives:
a) Re-establish security, a condition for all economic, social, educational, and democratic life.
b) Restore the authority of the State as a common good, protective, impartial, and credible.
c) Revive the country's vital functions: health, education, justice, and economy.
d) Re-establish national and international trust, through the coherence, responsibility, and credibility of public action.
It is wisdom, method, lucidity, and responsibility. Passion without reason generates disarray.
Disarray generates chaos.
Chaos destroys life, heritage, and national dignity. Reason, on the contrary, allows for:
• prioritizing emergencies;
• pacifying social relations;
• transforming indignation into benevolent, structured, and lasting action for progress. Summary: The Right to Live and Hope in Haiti Haiti no longer has the luxury of improvisation or destructive divisions.
The country needs Actions for the Common Good (ABC).
The urgency of a national responsibility pact, based on a collective rescue mission, now stands as a historical imperative. Between exclusion, illusion, and confusion,
let us accomplish the mission of reason. Because the country suffers too much.
Because it is a patriotic duty.
And because the Haitian people finally deserve security, just order, accessible prosperity, and lasting hope. It is possible, because it is a matter of collective survival. ABC CENTER
ACTION FOR THE COMMON GOOD
Delmas, Haiti
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
- An Unprecedented Multidimensional Crisis
For more than five (5) years, the country has been sinking into a continuous economic debacle, characterized by:
• a quasi-permanent recession;
• rampant inflation, which erodes purchasing power and impoverishes families;
• a structural trade balance deficit, accentuating external dependence;
• the collapse of productive investment and the massive brain drain. Added to this economic crisis is widespread insecurity, which has become a major factor in national destruction. In the space of five years, thousands of deaths have been recorded, including that of President Jovenel Moïse, assassinated under conditions that profoundly shook the Republic and highlighted the fragility of the State even in its highest spheres. This chronic insecurity has notably led to:
• the decision by most international airlines to suspend their flights to Toussaint Louverture International Airport in the capital;
• a progressive isolation of the country on the international stage;
• the official closure of the land border with the Dominican Republic, with severe economic, social, and humanitarian consequences.
- A Dysfunctional State and Ruined Institutions
• a dysfunctional Parliament for more than five (5) years;
• a weakened, contested, or non-existent Presidency;
• paralyzed municipalities, reduced to mere administrative expressions;
• a severely weakened Justice system, with courts destroyed, displaced, or rendered inoperative. Major symbols of the Republic have been attacked, trivialized, or abandoned:
• the National Palace, in Champ-de-Mars;
• the Prime Minister's Office (Primature), in Bicentenaire;
• the Palace of Justice, in Bicentenaire;
• several ministries and public institutions. In parallel, renowned hospitals, universities, and schools have been burned, looted, closed, or forced to flee.
Businesses, shops, libraries, and even cemeteries have been vandalized, revealing a profound crisis of respect for life, collective memory, and knowledge.
- Between Exclusion, Illusion, and Confusion: A National Impasse
• Exclusion fuels frustration, radicalization, and violence.
• The illusion of miracle solutions delays and prevents serious decisions.
• The confusion of roles, transitions, and responsibilities compromises any lasting stability.
- Why Mission Governance?
1. A clear, limited, and essential-oriented mandate;
2. Non-negotiable national priorities;
3. A rigorous method, with measurable objectives and verifiable results;
4. A rational and coordinated plan to eradicate violence and banditry;
5. Timely, humane, and benevolent action in favor of displaced persons, especially those living in misery camps;
6. Targeted financial and technical support for individuals whose movable, immovable property, or businesses have been destroyed;
7. An adapted Constitution, carrying a modern, functional, and balanced vision of the State;
8. A credible and well-planned electoral competition, guaranteeing popular sovereignty and democratic alternation;
9. A vast national awareness campaign, promoting citizen engagement and collective co-responsibility. This governance must be structured around four immediate imperatives:
a) Re-establish security, a condition for all economic, social, educational, and democratic life.
b) Restore the authority of the State as a common good, protective, impartial, and credible.
c) Revive the country's vital functions: health, education, justice, and economy.
d) Re-establish national and international trust, through the coherence, responsibility, and credibility of public action.
- Reason as a Collective Compass
It is wisdom, method, lucidity, and responsibility. Passion without reason generates disarray.
Disarray generates chaos.
Chaos destroys life, heritage, and national dignity. Reason, on the contrary, allows for:
• prioritizing emergencies;
• pacifying social relations;
• transforming indignation into benevolent, structured, and lasting action for progress. Summary: The Right to Live and Hope in Haiti Haiti no longer has the luxury of improvisation or destructive divisions.
The country needs Actions for the Common Good (ABC).
The urgency of a national responsibility pact, based on a collective rescue mission, now stands as a historical imperative. Between exclusion, illusion, and confusion,
let us accomplish the mission of reason. Because the country suffers too much.
Because it is a patriotic duty.
And because the Haitian people finally deserve security, just order, accessible prosperity, and lasting hope. It is possible, because it is a matter of collective survival. ABC CENTER
ACTION FOR THE COMMON GOOD
Delmas, Haiti
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
