Haiti – Political Transition: CARICOM Returns
, October 22, 2025 — With less than four months until the official end of the mandate of the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT), the Haitian political climate is entering a phase of accelerated recomposition. The main partisan forces, until now divided or waiting, are now actively defining the contours of the 'post-February 7 [...]'
By La Rédaction · Port-au-Prince
· 4 min read · Updated 24 April 2026
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Port-au-Prince, October 22, 2025 — With less than four months until the official end of the mandate of the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT), the Haitian political climate is entering a phase of accelerated recomposition. The main partisan forces, until now divided or waiting, are now actively defining the contours of the 'post-February 7, 2026.' Behind the scenes of power, as in foreign chanceries, the observation is unanimous: the departure of the CPT now seems inevitable.
Established in April 2024 under the aegis of CARICOM, the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT) was supposed to stabilize the situation, restore security, and lead the country towards credible elections. Eighteen (18) months later, the outcome is disastrous.
Violence has intensified in the West and Artibonite, armed gangs control large portions of the territory, and state institutions have further crumbled. 'The members of the CPT have been fumbling since their installation, while the situation worsens day by day,' confides a member of the Kominote Pwogresis Ayisyen.
In several popular neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince, the dominant impression is that of an absent power. As journalist Robenson Geffrard emphasizes: 'Ou ka santi jan gwoup kriminèl yo gen yon rayisman pwofon pou popilasyon an…', a phrase heavy with meaning, which illustrates the complete divorce between the State and its citizens.
Faced with this impasse, several traditional political parties, including Fanmi Lavalas, PHTK, KID, OPL, RDNP, UNIR, and many others, have initiated a series of discreet meetings in recent weeks. Objective: to broaden consensus and prepare for a transition without the CPT.
According to information gathered, these political groups are meeting to discuss a new governance framework intended to avoid the institutional vacuum of February 7, 2026.
A political leader involved in the talks confides:
'The Transitional Presidential Council (CPT) has failed, as have the signatories of the April 3 Agreement. We must think of a more credible, more open replacement formula, without the divisions of the past.'
On October 20, 2025, several influential figures, including Liné Balthazar (PHTK), Pasha Vorbe (Fanmi Lavalas), André Michel (SDP/21 Décembre), Alex Larsen (INITE/21 Décembre), Enold Joseph (KID), Rosny Cadet (ASE), and Jean Gué (Vérité), met in Port-au-Prince to lay the groundwork for a new dialogue front.
The turning point came with the official letter from the CARICOM Eminent Persons Group (EPG), addressed to the sectors represented within the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT). The document, revealed by Gary Pierre Paul Charles on his X account, marks a major inflection point in the crisis: CARICOM is taking back control of the Haitian process.
