Haitian gov’t pledges neutrality in the electoral process

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Haiti’s Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé says he has instructed members of the Cabinet and officials of the public administration “to demonstrate neutrality and impartiality and to provide their full support to the smooth running of the electoral process” as Haiti prepares for a December 13 election.

General elections, repeatedly delayed since 2019, are scheduled for December 13, marking the first time Haitians will be casting ballots since 2016 when President Jovenel Moise was elected. Moise was later assassinated on July 7, 2021.

Fils-Aimé said that “the credibility of the electoral process rests on citizens’ trust in the neutrality of public institutions and in the equal treatment of all candidates, political parties, groups, and coalitions of political parties”.