“We have taken the path of elections, and we will not deviate from it,” declared Alix Didier Fils-Aimé.
By La Rédaction · Port-au-Prince
· 2 min read · Updated 24 April 2026
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The Prime Minister visited the city of Les Cayes this Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Accompanied by the Minister of Interior and Territorial Communities, Paul Antoine Bien-Aimé, the head of government frames his trip as a strategic initiative aimed at activating the Municipal Security Units (CSM), an innovative mechanism designed to strengthen local security in close collaboration with local authorities and the population.
In the presence of representatives of territorial communities, local actors, and members of intermediary bodies, the Prime Minister reaffirmed in his speech “the clear and firm commitment of the Government to lead the country towards free, honest, inclusive, and democratic elections, an indispensable condition for republican refoundation.” Fils-Aimé recalled the central mission of the current transition, which consists of organizing elections within the set deadlines, so that “legitimate authorities, invested by the people's suffrage, can lead the country and implement the necessary institutional reforms.”
“The transition I am leading has a clear roadmap: security, constitution, elections. There will be no turning back. We have taken the path of elections, and we will not deviate from it,” the Prime Minister insisted.
It is with this perspective that the Executive adopted, last month, an amended budget focused on security, stability, and the organization of the electoral process. More than 65 million US dollars have already been mobilized for electoral operations, and support of 750 million gourdes is planned to assist political parties in the budget.
The Prime Minister encouraged the civic participation of all sectors to take ownership of the democratic endeavor. “The election is not the business of a government or a sector. The election is the business of the people. It is the foundation of all legitimate governance.”
The return to constitutional order, scheduled for early February 2026, is the objective set by the April 2024 agreement. Ten months before this deadline, the task appears arduous for the Transitional Presidential Council, given the impossibility of honoring the first appointment with the people, namely the constitutional referendum scheduled for May 11. How, then, will the Prime Minister manage to uphold his commitments?
