2025-12-13

Candidate registration closes Sunday with zero major public declarations reported across all media channels over the past 72 hours, suggesting either coordinated private submissions to avoid gang targeting or an opposition boycott waiting to delegitimize the process after the deadline. The Bel-Air massacre enters its sixth consecutive day with at least 60 dead and zero government statements or police intervention, exposing the administration's deliberate non-intervention strategy allowing Viv Ansanm to self-purge through internal conflict. Kempes Sanon's violent overthrow occurred just seven weeks after UN sanctions designation, demonstrating that international pressure can destabilize gang leadership while triggering succession violence that claims civilian lives.