September 10, 2026
Less than four months before the presidential and legislative elections scheduled for December 13, the Organization of American States (OAS) urged Haitian authorities on Wednesday to accelerate voter registration on the electoral lists.
Secretary General Albert Ramdin stressed the critical situation of hundreds of thousands of people displaced by gang violence.
“The electoral calendar requires an urgent acceleration,” he said at the end of a three-day visit.
With nearly 1.5 million displaced people, access to registration centers remains a major challenge, particularly in areas controlled by criminal gangs.
On Monday, only 260,000 people were registered out of a population of about 11 million.
The OAS, which conditions the holding of the vote on an acceptable security climate, promises to constantly assess the situation.
These elections would be the first in ten years in a country plagued by a deep political and humanitarian crisis.
