2025-12-28

Jamaican PM Holness cited Haiti progress in final CARICOM Chair address but provided no substantive framework for addressing February 7, 2026 deadline Reference to progress is vague given gang control of 80 percent of Port-au-Prince CPT-CEP December 28, 2025 conflicts and four corruption allegations within 72 hours CARICOM must convene emergency session in January to legitimize CPT extension negotiate new framework or manage February 7 expiration Regional body faces political difficulty endorsing CPT given corruption allegations or allowing expiration risking institutional collapse December 29 MORN sit-in tests whether CARICOM can maintain wait-and-see posture with 40 days until constitutional deadline