Haiti schedules first election in a decade for December
Successive governments have been tasked with holding an election but said insecurity amid a conflict with powerful armed gangs made it impossible.The council on Monday published a calendar setting a first round of Haiti's presidential and legislative elections for December 13 with a runoff vote on February 21. The ripple effects include chronic food shortages, extortion, ransom kidnappings and forced displacements, piling on even more challenges to ensuring a free, fair vote. Some 12% of Haiti's population live in makeshift camps or with host families.Violent armed gangs, largely grouped under a broad alliance known as Viv Ansanm, have taken control of most of the capital Port-au-Prince, whose metropolitan area is home to around a quarter of the population.
- ▪Successive governments have been tasked with holding an election but said insecurity amid a conflict with powerful armed gangs made it impossible.The council on Monday published a calendar setting a first round of Haiti's presidential and l
- ▪The ripple effects include chronic food shortages, extortion, ransom kidnappings and forced displacements, piling on even more challenges to ensuring a free, fair vote.
- ▪Some 12% of Haiti's population live in makeshift camps or with host families.Violent armed gangs, largely grouped under a broad alliance known as Viv Ansanm, have taken control of most of the capital Port-au-Prince, whose metropolitan area
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Haiti schedules first election in a decade for DecemberSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxA woman casts her ballot at a polling station at the Market of Canape Vert in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares Published Jul 28, 2026, 02:45 AMUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 02:45 AMSet as preferred sourcePORT-AU-PRINCE, July 27 - Haiti's CEP electoral council on Monday scheduled the first presidential elections in a decade for December with a runoff in February, after plans to hold the vote in August with a December runoff were postponed over security concerns.Haiti has not held elections since 2016.Its last president, Jovenel Moise, was assassinated in 2021, after delaying a vote.
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