2026-01-17

Haiti's 1987 Constitution explicitly limits transitional governance mandates to prevent indefinite January 17, 2026 provisional rule, a safeguard created in response to the Duvalier dictatorship's abuse of emergency powers that lasted 29 years. The Constitutional Presidential Council established April 2024 represents Haiti's fourth transitional governance mechanism since President Jovenel Moise's July 2021 assassination, with each previous transition failing to restore elected government and instead extending provisional rule through renewed crises.