Crisis at the Top of the Haitian State: CARICOM Sounds the Alarm

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) expressed, this January 27, 2026, its deep concern over the turbulence currently shaking the Haitian executive, at a moment deemed particularly critical for the country's future. In an unambiguous statement, the regional organization warns against internal deviations at the top of the state, calling on Haitian actors to demonstrate responsibility, restraint, and a sense of patriotism.

This stance comes as the mandate of the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT), established by the founding decree and the political agreement of April 3, 2024, comes to an end on February 7, 2026. As this decisive deadline approaches, CARICOM believes that institutional stability and clarity in decision-making should be absolute priorities, given the dramatic situation that the Haitian population continues to experience.

However, according to the Caribbean organization, the current impasse within the CPT, following unsuccessful attempts by some of its members to remove the Prime Minister, only exacerbates an already fragile and complex transition process. This governance crisis, CARICOM emphasizes, is unfolding while the Haitian people endure extreme violence, persistent insecurity, and living conditions marked by deprivation and suffering. A situation deemed simply unacceptable.

Faced with this deadlock, CARICOM calls on the various stakeholders to overcome their differences and seek political consensus. To this end, it reaffirms the availability of the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) to support Haitian actors in finding an agreement, within a fragmented political landscape where multiple competing proposals coexist.

The regional organization also warns of the direct consequences of this political fragmentation, which, it believes, only benefits armed groups and criminal networks. For CARICOM, the urgency is clear: to end internal divisions to restore lasting political stability, an indispensable condition for the re-establishment of security, the organization of credible elections, and the revival of the national economy on a sustainable development basis.

In conclusion, CARICOM issues a solemn appeal to all Haitian actors — political leaders, institutions, and influential forces — urging them to place the country's future and the well-being of the Haitian people above personal or partisan calculations. It invites them to act with urgency, responsibility, and patriotism, in a context where every decision made or deferred heavily impacts the national destiny.

Through this statement, CARICOM recalls an obvious truth often overshadowed by power struggles: history will severely judge those who, in a critical transition period, chose individual interest at the expense of collective salvation.

Gesly Sinvilier /Le Relief