2026-01-25

Haiti's constitutional crisis remains in procedural deadlock as the five CPT members who voted January 21 to dismiss Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime failed to publish the resolution in Le Moniteur, rendering it legally void. Fils-Aime and CPT President Laurent Saint-Cyr appeared together January 23 at the graduation of 877 new police officers, projecting executive unity and securing U.S. backing. Political parties UNIR, FNC, and OPL demanded the CPT depart February 7 as agreed under the April 2024 transition framework. Kenya deployed 217 additional police officers January 18, bringing total MSS personnel to 1,200, but GSF full deployment slipped to October 2026. The gourde held at 132-133 HTG per USD with no major security incidents in the last 24 hours.