Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council sets elections for August 2026

PORT-AU-PRINCE —The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) submitted an electoral calendar to the federal government and the Transitional Presidential Council, setting Aug. 30, 2026, because the goal date for the primary spherical of normal elections, together with key native, municipal, legislative and presidential votes wanted to steer Haiti again to a democratic pathway.

The transfer offers the Haitian voters its first actual have a look at how the voting course of might unfold — and permits the CEP to indicate the steps already accomplished and people nonetheless forward. 

After months of uncertainty, the submission of the calendar — together with a draft electoral decree ready after consultations with political events and civil society — marks an essential step for Haiti as it really works towards holding its first elections because the presidency of Jovenel Moïse.

In current months, the CEP has already taken a number of actions:
• Recruiting members of the Departmental Electoral Places of work
• Registering greater than 200 political events
• Assessing voting facilities throughout 9 departments
• Signing a broadcasting settlement with the nationwide tv station

Nonetheless, an extended listing of duties stays. The CEP’s calendar contains 41 steps in complete, with about 15 already underway since November.

Regardless of progress highlighted by Haitian authorities and the US, the CEP says the calendar will transfer ahead provided that key situations are met: immediate publication of the electoral decree, improved safety, full funding, and continued technical work. With out these, Haiti’s elections can not proceed.