By Jean Gilles Désinord, Vant Bèf Info, Jan. 18, 2026
After twenty-two months at the helm of the transition, the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT) launched a new national political dialogue on Sunday, January 18, 2026. This dialogue is presented as an attempt to reach a consensus on a governance mechanism to ensure the country's stability beyond February 7, 2026, the official end date of its mandate. The presidential body announced this on its social media account.
This initiative comes in a context marked by profound public skepticism. Nearly two years after its establishment, the CPT has not recorded any concrete results on the main projects that justified its existence: restoring security, improving the living conditions of the population, organizing credible elections and restoring confidence in institutions.
Insecurity continues to worsen, large swathes of territory remain outside state control, and the electoral calendar remains unclear. We are all waiting anxiously.
In this climate, the dialogue announced by the CPT appears to many observers as a belated maneuver, or even a desperate attempt to prolong a transition that is already largely discredited. At the Villa d'Accueil, the MORN and Consensus Politique groups, which include EDE, Pitit Dessalines, Ansanm Nou Fò, the Accord historique du 14 août, RENAPA, and the Parti Ayisyen pou Ayiti, were received for discussions that the CPT describes as "constructive."
The CPT welcomed the quality of the discussions and the relevance of the proposals put forward. However, these statements contrast sharply with the lack of clear decisions and concrete measures resulting from previous consultations conducted since the beginning of the transition, which have often gone unheeded.
Discussions will continue this Monday, January 19, 2026, with COPPOS-Haiti and allies, KOREPAD, as well as representatives of the Montana and December 21 Accords. For many political actors and members of civil society, the central question remains unchanged: will this new dialogue finally lead to tangible actions, or will it simply add to the long list of initiatives without real impact from a CPT whose record, after 22 months, is still largely considered negative?
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