The Karibe Accord Denounces the Government's Inability to Fulfill its Sovereign Responsibilities
By La Rédaction · Port-au-Prince · · 2 min read · Updated 24 April 2026
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A political entity criticizes the dysfunction of educational institutions this Monday, November 17, 2025. This paralysis is considered proof of the state's security incapacity and the impossibility of organizing elections in Haiti, according to this group.
The KARIBE Accord states that it observes, with deep sorrow and strong indignation, the closure of educational institutions in the country's four departments this Monday, November 17, 2025.
This general paralysis, caused by an ultimatum circulating on social media and by the omnipresent fear imposed by armed groups, constitutes, according to the signatories of the Karibe Accord, irrefutable proof that the Haitian state no longer has the capacity to ensure the safety of children, teachers, and families.
“When parents are afraid to send their children to school;
school principals cannot open their doors; when the State, the CPT, the government of Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, and the Haitian National Police are unable to ensure the normal functioning of schools, it is illusory to claim to organize elections in a country where even classrooms cannot be secured. Schools Closed, Ballot Boxes Impossible A state that is unable to guarantee the security of the Republic's schools cannot, under any circumstances, guarantee the security of polling stations. A government that allows gangs to dictate the law cannot demand that the people go to vote at the risk of their lives. A 'discredited' Transitional Presidential Council and a 'contested' CEP cannot claim to launch any credible electoral machine. The KARIBE Accord denounces with the utmost firmness the total failure of the CPT, the government's irresponsibility, its inability to confront gangs, and its political maneuvers aimed at staying in power beyond February 7, 2026. This management, deemed chaotic and complicit, has handed the country over to armed groups that terrorize schools, neighborhoods, and institutions. 'No election can be organized under these conditions,' state Abel Loreston and his team. The KARIBE Accord reiterates that any attempt to impose elections in a context of terror and institutional collapse will have no democratic legitimacy. For now, the national priority is security, stabilization, and institutional reconstruction. Abel Loreston states he is against any electoral manipulation for the benefit of an illegitimate regime. Faced with this state of total failure, the KARIBE Accord calls on the Haitian people, social organizations, professional sectors, and the diaspora to mobilize, to reject 'any electoral masquerade, to demand the immediate departure of the CPT and Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé'. It already seeks to prepare to lay the foundations for a true national transition, far from corruption, powerlessness, and gang control.
school principals cannot open their doors; when the State, the CPT, the government of Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, and the Haitian National Police are unable to ensure the normal functioning of schools, it is illusory to claim to organize elections in a country where even classrooms cannot be secured. Schools Closed, Ballot Boxes Impossible A state that is unable to guarantee the security of the Republic's schools cannot, under any circumstances, guarantee the security of polling stations. A government that allows gangs to dictate the law cannot demand that the people go to vote at the risk of their lives. A 'discredited' Transitional Presidential Council and a 'contested' CEP cannot claim to launch any credible electoral machine. The KARIBE Accord denounces with the utmost firmness the total failure of the CPT, the government's irresponsibility, its inability to confront gangs, and its political maneuvers aimed at staying in power beyond February 7, 2026. This management, deemed chaotic and complicit, has handed the country over to armed groups that terrorize schools, neighborhoods, and institutions. 'No election can be organized under these conditions,' state Abel Loreston and his team. The KARIBE Accord reiterates that any attempt to impose elections in a context of terror and institutional collapse will have no democratic legitimacy. For now, the national priority is security, stabilization, and institutional reconstruction. Abel Loreston states he is against any electoral manipulation for the benefit of an illegitimate regime. Faced with this state of total failure, the KARIBE Accord calls on the Haitian people, social organizations, professional sectors, and the diaspora to mobilize, to reject 'any electoral masquerade, to demand the immediate departure of the CPT and Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé'. It already seeks to prepare to lay the foundations for a true national transition, far from corruption, powerlessness, and gang control.
