Haiti’s Pro­vi­sion­al Elec­toral Coun­cil (CEP) has ap­proved 282 po­lit­i­cal par­ties and coali­tions to par­tic­i­pate in up­com­ing elec­tions, mark­ing a step for­ward in a long-de­layed process un­fold­ing amid deep in­se­cu­ri­ty and po­lit­i­cal un­cer­tain­ty.

The list that was pub­lished af­ter a 10-day reg­is­tra­tion pe­ri­od that end­ed on March 12, saw 320 or­ga­ni­za­tions reg­is­ter—in­clud­ing most ma­jor po­lit­i­cal par­ties and plat­forms.

How­ev­er, no­table ab­sences in­clude the Par­ti Hait­ian Tèt Kale — the par­ty of for­mer Pres­i­dent Michel Joseph Martel­ly — as well as the Ré­sis­tance Dé­moc­ra­tique (RED) plat­form led by for­mer of­fi­cials al­lied with the late Pres­i­dent Jovenel Moïse.