December 5, 2025
On Saturday, November 29, 2025, Parc Midoré in Delmas 33 hosted the signing of a “Consensus for National Recovery,” bringing together more than two hundred parties, organizations, and movements — a vast coalition led in particular by Claude Joseph, Jean-Charles Moïse, and former senator Simon Dieuseul Desras. These names are far from neutral: they are, in fact, among the promoters of the Presidential Transitional Council (CPT), now widely acknowledged as a failure.
The signed document proposes replacing the CPT, whose mandate expires on February 7, 2026, with a two-headed executive — President plus Prime Minister — which, they claim, would be better suited to steering the transition toward credible elections. But this “new formula” is little more than a smokescreen meant to conceal the ambitions of a political elite seeking access to state resources.
What we are actually witnessing is the recycling of the same forces that governed — and failed — under the CPT. These actors are now maneuvering to reclaim Ministries, Directorates, and other key positions in government so they can continue enriching themselves on the suffering of a population at its breaking point.
This “consensus” appears to be a power deal disguised as a national project: reinventing the transition not for the people, but for preserving the privileges of a selective circle. The promise of renewal thus reveals itself as yet another attempt at institutional clientelism.
The CPT’s failure is undeniable: security remains in shambles, the economy is collapsing, the authority of the State is discredited, and the elections promised for months remain out of reach. Yet these very actors now present themselves as the nation’s saviors.
The cynicism is striking: exploiting widespread despair to return to power while avoiding any introspection about their own conduct. The patriotism they display serves merely as camouflage; their true ambitions are coldly self-serving.
Haiti deserves better than a “remake” of the old system. This so-called “new consensus” must not be a backdoor pathway for those who led the country into a dead end. The real interests of the people require deep, structural change — not a reshuffling of the same political families.
