2025-12-31

Prime Minister Fils-Aime publicly endorsed the CEP's revised electoral calendar on December 30, calling it realistic and credible, marking the government's first explicit normalization of the 365-day constitutional gap between February 7 2026 and February 7 2027. Haitian media published scathing editorials alleging the CPT is engaging in silent maneuvers to extend its mandate beyond the constitutional deadline. Economic data confirmed Haiti's lost decade with a 16 percent cumulative GDP contraction from 2019 to 2025. Gang violence remained absent for the eleventh consecutive day as armed groups strategically pause operations during the holiday period before expected January 2026 escalation. Thirty-eight days remain until February 7 2026.