The CPT in Peril, Nou Pap Konplis Suggests a New Agreement to Save the Transition

PORT-AU-PRINCE.— Nou Pap Konplis advocates for a national consensus with non-signatory actors of the April 3 agreement, suggesting the conclusion of a new agreement, under the guidance of the international community and the OAS.

“This new political agreement will be very short-lived with a limited agenda,” the organization proposed to bring the country onto the path of security in order to organize elections and a referendum with a view to extricating the country from this endless transition, according to a press note published on June 16.

Moreover, Nou Pap Konplis attributes the CPT's management of the transition to a waste of resources. “14 months later, the population rejects the CPT for bad faith and embezzlement at all levels,” the note states.

Nou Pap Konplis asserts that 72% of the population is threatened by food insecurity, according to IHSI; all commercial flights have been inaccessible for nearly a year. All major roadways are in the hands of armed groups, and more than 85% of the capital is controlled by terrorist groups, Nou Pap Konplis continued, recalling that the latest IOM report indicates 1.3 million displaced persons due to the escalation of armed gang violence.

Concurrently, Nou Pap Konplis highlights repeated corruption scandals within the presidential council, internal conflicts over the appropriation of positions, not to mention mutual accusations.

Regarding the referendum project, Nou Pap Konplis even emphasizes that the text contains several ambiguities and suffers from the lack of legitimacy of the Presidential Transitional Council, warning that holding elections will be impossible this year.

“With 235 days remaining until the February 7, 2026 deadline, the Presidential Transitional Council is at an impasse due to internal rivalries among voting members, stemming from public denunciations,” the organization noted. Based on this observation, Nou Pap Konplis believes that the April 3 agreement is null and void.

“Nou Pap Konplis flatly rejects any approach aimed at resuming dialogue between political actors, those from civil society, and CARICOM, who brought about the April 3 agreement. Especially today, CARICOM, which played a mediating role in the April 3 agreement, lacks the moral capacity to resolve this crisis, because the CPT's failure is also its failure,” the organization declared, concluding that Haiti demands an end to this long-term transition, here and now, the note concluded.

Jean Mapou