January 29, 2026
As the mandate of the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC) nears its end, the same political parties that contributed to Haiti’s current collapse are now trying to regain legitimacy under the guise of a new political agreement. SDP, EDE, FUSION, INITE, INIFOS, and others — the very groups responsible for appointing the now-discredited CPT members — are multiplying calls for dialogue as the country sinks deeper into poverty and fear.
Under their watch, Haiti has become a failed state. Gang violence plagues the capital, the justice system is paralyzed, and citizens’ purchasing power continues to crumble under unchecked inflation. Food insecurity now affects the majority of the population, while natural disasters continue to expose the country’s extreme vulnerability — Hurricane Melissa recently claimed forty-three lives, without any coherent state response.
Infighting within the TPC, driven by competition for ministerial posts and top government positions, has laid bare the true face of a greedy and divided political class. Petty rivalries and personal ambitions have stifled all attempts at serious governance or structural reform.
These same actors claim they wish to prevent an institutional vacuum — yet their rush to reposition themselves appears more as a strategy for political survival than an act of responsibility. Far from being the architects of democratic renewal, they stand as the cynical operators of a system they themselves have brought to ruin.
