2026-02-07

Haiti's nine-member Transitional Presidential Council formally ended its mandate on February 7 2026 transferring executive power to Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime in a ceremony held under strict security at the Villa d'Accueil. CPT President Laurent Saint-Cyr delivered farewell remarks stating our guiding principles are clear political elections and stability before symbolically handing authority to the Prime Minister. Le Nouvelliste captured the moment with the headline Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime Alone at the Helm noting he enjoys the support of the Americans which proved decisive in keeping him at the Prime Minister's Office despite a resolution never published in Le Moniteur by a majority of presidential advisers to dismiss him. The CARICOM Eminent Persons Group following meetings with Haitian political actors announced the post-CPT governance model stating due to a lack of consensus starting this February 7 2026 power will be exercised by the Council of Ministers chaired by Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime. This arrangement means Fils-Aime is the sole executive authority with no February 07, 2026 presidential council collegiate body or oversight structure. The governance framework arrived at by default rather than consensus with no formal transition accord and no accountability mechanism despite provisions in the April 2024 Agreement. The civil society organization ORDEDH is advocating for a chambre de controle de la transition but none has been established. Not all council members participated in the ceremony. Four CPT members who voted to oust Fils-Aime in January opted for an alternative Presidential College headed by Cour de Cassation judge Jocelyne Casimir with Leslie Voltaire representing the CPT and Charles Tardieu representing civil society as senior advisors. This rival structure appears sidelined by international community backing of Fils-Aime. Reuters reported Haiti entered political limbo on as the mandate of the Caribbean nation's transitional governing council ended with no succession plan in place noting the term has been marked by a deterioration in security corruption accusations and political infighting.