Grassroots organizations plan three days of protest against insecurity
By La Rédaction · Port-au-Prince
· 2 min read · Updated 24 April 2026
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During a press conference held this Tuesday, March 25, several popular organizations denounced the laxity of transitional authorities in the face of acts of violence. They announce three days of protest on March 26, 29, and April 3, to demand the departure of the current government.
The security situation has become alarming, endangering the lives of several thousand people forced to leave their homes to take refuge in internally displaced persons' camps. Added to this is growing poverty, while the CPT and the Fils-Aimé Government have so far shown no proof of goodwill, according to the analysis of leaders from several popular organizations announcing protests.
Grouped within the political platform «Zanmi Pèp», these grassroots organizations express their exasperation with banditry and the nonchalance of the established authorities. «We will protest for the respect of the constitution and to mark the date of the famous April 3, 2024 agreement. We will tell them that they have failed and that they must leave,» hammered Abel Loreston, coordinator of the platform.
The CPT headquarters and the government headquarters are the destination for protesters to deliver their message. «It's already too much, we invite those who claim to be sensitive to the people's cause to join us to create a tidal wave in front of the reception villa,» Loreston continued, insisting on the need for a clean slate.
«We no longer want this seven-headed presidency; we must return to the spirit of the constitution with a less budget-consuming bicameral executive power to address the urgent needs of the hour,» added Emmanuel Boisrond, head of MOVID, an organization member of the political platform Zanmi Pèp. Boisrond demands what he calls a true transitional break, announcing the adoption of a new agreement dubbed «bicameral agreement.»
This press conference was also an opportunity for these organizations to reject the constitutional referendum planned by the government, to denounce the divisions within the government itself, and the controversies between the Prime Minister and the Director General of the Haitian National Police. These unfair practices only exacerbate the country's deplorable situation, they argued.
