After failing to restore public order in a country ravaged by poverty and the influence of gangs, the Presidential Transitional Council in Haiti gave way on Saturday to Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé. With the dissolution of this body created in 2024, he becomes the sole figure of the country's executive power.

Published on: 07/02/2026 - 22:13

The Presidential Transitional Council (CPT) in Haiti ended its mandate on Saturday February 7. Executive power now returns to Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé. The CPT having failed to restore public order in a country ravaged by poverty and the influence of gangs.

The transfer of power between the council, created in April 2024 to restore stability, and the 54-year-old Haitian leader was framed by a significant security system due to a particularly tense political context.

"The watchword is clear: security, political dialogue, elections, stability. Mr. Prime Minister, in this historic moment, I know that you measure the extent of the responsibility that you assume before the Nation. Stay focused on the country's priorities", declared Saturday Laurent Saint-Cyr, the president of the Presidential Transitional Council, to Alix Didier Fils-Aimé.

Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, who was already Prime Minister, becomes, with the dissolution of the Presidential Transitional Council, the only figure in the country's executive power. He will have the heavy responsibility of dealing with a very divided political class to organize elections.

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According to the UN, gangs control 90% of Port-au-Prince

Haiti has suffered for many years from the violence of criminal gangs, who commit murders, rapes, looting and kidnappings. The poorest country in the Americas, it has not had a vote since 2016 and has been deprived of a president since the assassination of Jovenel Moïse in July 2021.

According to the UN, gangs control 90% of Port-au-Prince, the capital, and have killed nearly 6,000 people in 2025.

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Faced with fears of an institutional vacuum, Washington, which sent three warships to Haiti this week, openly supported Alix Didier Fils-Aimé.

At the end of January, the head of American diplomacy, Marco Rubio, stressed “the importance of remaining as Prime Minister of Haiti to fight against terrorist gangs and stabilize the island”. Days later, the State Department sanctioned two CPT members and a minister, accusing them of supporting gangs.

For several weeks, the Haitian police have been carrying out a large offensive against these criminal gangs in the center of Port-au-Prince, which made it possible to dislodge one of their best-known members, Jimmy Cherizier, known as "Barbecue".

With AFP

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