December 5, 2025
Meeting on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, between the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC) and a delegation from the December 21 Accord took place within a belated political dynamic. With four months left in its mandate, the TPC is still struggling to convince anyone that it has a handle on a country mired in violence and institutional paralysis.
The delegation—Marjory Michel, Hermano Exinord, Alex Larsen, Jean Dieudonné Lubin, Andalas Mertilus, and André Michel—called for “frank and inclusive discussions” to try to salvage what remains of the transitional process. The envoys stressed that governance cannot rest on speeches, but on “courageous decisions and a clear roadmap.”
TPC representatives—Leslie Voltaire, Édgard Leblanc Fils, Fritz Alphonse Jean, and Frinel Joseph—raised the now-familiar themes: political compromise, security, and elections. But after more than a year of unkept promises, these priorities sound more like slogans than a genuine recovery strategy.
The country remains under the sway of armed groups, rendering any electoral outlook unrealistic. The announced constitutional referendum never took place, and the Multinational Support Mission to the Haitian National Police, touted as a solution, has not produced tangible results on the ground.
According to several observers, the meeting mainly reflects the loss of credibility of a presidential council running on fumes. Bogged down in political calculations and unable to set a course, the TPC risks leaving a new institutional vacuum at the end of its mandate, with neither elections nor reform.
