2026-02-05

The most significant governance development is the crystallization and immediate rejection of the three-member council proposal emerging from the February 1-3 political dialogue. The proposed structure would replace the nine-member CPT with a three-member council consisting of one current CPT member one Cour de Cassation judge and one civil society representative. The political party Les Engages pour le Developpement issued a communique on February 3 2026 categorically refusing any CPT involvement in power after February 7. EDE calls the three-member council proposal null and void and insists on an alternative bicephalous executive architecture with a president and prime minister as February 05, 2026 outlined in the Consensus Politique pour le Redressement National. The Fanm Yo Deside women's coalition also rejected any vague prolongation of the CPT demanding an inclusive transition before February 7. Gazette Haiti reported February 5 that the CPT is seeking to play a role in the new interim period despite Leslie Voltaire's January 30 declaration that the council would leave and lose legitimacy from February 8. The broader Consensus coalition refuses expeditive decisions insisting the bicephalous executive proposal reflects multiple exchanges and should be respected. The fundamental disagreement centers on whether any CPT member can participate in post-February 7 governance. The 70-plus party coalition EDE Fanm Yo Deside and the Consensus coalition all reject CPT continuity while the CPT itself maneuvers to retain influence. With two days remaining this impasse has no clear domestic resolution path though international actors support PM Fils-Aime continuation under constitutional fallback provisions.