2026-02-08
TALKING POINTS
PM Fils-Aime now exercises sole executive authority without legislative check or constitutional
legitimacy.
No successor governance structure was established before CPT dissolution despite months of
negotiations.
US diplomatic backing provides external legitimacy but creates dependency relationship with no
domestic institutional foundation.
Governance vacuum increases risk of competing claims to authority and institutional deadlock.
Seven-month gap until August elections creates extended period of extraconstitutional rule.
Civil society proposals for deliberative assembly or consultative body were not adopted before
deadline.