2026-02-01
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
The Transitional Presidential Council was designed as a collective executive to prevent
concentration of power following the Moise assassination and Henry premiership controversies.
However the council has been plagued by internal divisions corruption allegations and
accusations of gang coordination since its April 2024 formation. Previous international sanctions
targeted individual Haitian elites for drug trafficking and gang financing but visa restrictions on
sitting transitional government members represent an escalation in external pressure tactics.