2025-12-22

December 22, 2025 Haiti's previous electoral processes have experienced candidate list delays most notably during the 2015-2016 electoral crisis when the CEP postponed publication multiple times amid fraud allegations and political negotiations. The current delay occurs in a uniquely fragile context where gang territorial control exceeds 80 percent of Port-au-Prince and the Transitional Presidential Council faces constitutional mandate expiration in 47 days without a clear succession mechanism.