2025-12-25
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Provisional Electoral Council entered its fourth consecutive day of silence on the
candidate list publication originally scheduled for December 22 making the December
26 campaign period start formally impossible and collapsing the entire August 30
2026 electoral timeline. The National Police announced enhanced security measures
on December 23 contributing to a Christmas Day operational pause with zero
reported incidents as of late afternoon though this follows the December 24 General
Hospital attack that killed multiple journalists and one officer. The police honored
children of fallen officers on Christmas Eve while Haitian bishops issued calls for hope
amid crisis and US travel restrictions forced NGO event cancellations reducing
international humanitarian presence.