2025-12-29
STRATEGIC HORIZON
December 29, 2025
The February 7, 2026 constitutional deadline approaches with 40 days remaining requiring
CARICOM and OAS emergency intervention in early January to negotiate transitional framework
for 365-day governance gap or accept constitutional crisis scenario. Canadian Ambassador
unconditional end declaration eliminates CPT unilateral extension options forcing either
international negotiation of new mechanism or governance vacuum on February 7. Prime Minister
no negotiations doctrine forecloses gang amnesty pathways ensuring continued violence through
constitutional deadline and beyond absent political accommodation framework. MORN 40-day
mobilization structure creates sustained opposition pressure timeline coinciding with constitutional
deadline but modest December 29 turnout suggests limited capacity for forcing immediate political
crisis requiring assessment of cumulative effects over January period.