By Daniel Dickinson
Haiti remains mired in a multidimensional crisis marked by weak institutions, political uncertainty, widespread gang violence and overwhelming humanitarian needs, but a recent new agreement by political groups offers “a moment of hope and progress for the Haitian people”, according to the UN’s most senior official in the Caribbean country.
Elections have not been held since a protracted electoral cycle from 2015-2017 which brought the late President Jovenel Moïse to power.
Haiti has not had an elected president since he was assassinated in 2021.
A succession of interim administrations have taken on the responsibility to govern as the country waits to hold elections.
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Haiti, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, who is based in the capital Port-au-Prince said that the new National Pact for Stability and the Organization of Elections was a “significant political act”.
He added that it met Haitian priorities for “the restoration of security, the organization of credible elections and the re-establishment of democratic governance”…
Source: UN News
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