Jocelerme Privert calls for end to Haiti’s political transition

By: Christopher Louissaint

Email: newsroom@haitianprimenews.com

Date: December 26, 2025

Location: Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Former interim president Jocelerme Privert has called for an end to Haiti’s prolonged political transition, urging a return to constitutional order and the rule of law amid continued institutional paralysis.

In a recorded message released this week, Privert said the country’s ongoing transitional arrangements can no longer substitute for constitutionally elected institutions, warning that extended provisional governance is weakening state authority.

Haiti has been without fully elected national institutions for several years, following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021 and the expiration of multiple electoral mandates. Successive transitional frameworks were intended to stabilize governance and organize elections but have faced delays linked to insecurity, political fragmentation, and administrative breakdown.

Privert’s intervention adds pressure on current transitional authorities by explicitly rejecting further extensions of non-elected governance and reaffirming the 1987 Constitution as the sole legitimate basis for state authority.

The statement shifts political leverage toward actors advocating rapid elections and constitutional restoration, while undermining arguments for open-ended transition arrangements. It reinforces demands for institutional legitimacy as a prerequisite for international engagement and domestic credibility.

The message was delivered via video and addressed directly to the Haitian public. Privert emphasized elections as the central mechanism for restoring legality. He linked the failure to return to constitutional order with declining public trust and governance capacity.

According to Privert, Haiti “cannot remain indefinitely in a transitional regime” and must “return to the rule of law through constitutional institutions,” stressing that the transition was meant to be temporary, not a governing model.

Transitional authorities are expected to continue consultations on electoral timelines and security arrangements, with increased scrutiny from political actors and civil society calling for a defined path toward national elections.

SOURCES

Le Nouvelliste — “Jocelerme Privert plaide pour la fin de la transition et le retour à l’État de droit”

https://lenouvelliste.com/article/262796/jocelerme-privert-plaide-pour-la-fin-de-la-transition-et-le-retour-a-letat-de-droit

Gazette Haïti — Statements and background on transition governance Bwat Nouvèl — Coverage of election and constitutional debates