Haiti Country Report 2022
Security Theme
State Stability and Infrastructure
Keywords
Political Stability, Haiti, people, major, education
Description
Haiti has fallen into a spiral of political, economic and social chaos not seen since the overthrow of the Duvalier government in 1986. All state institutions such as parliament, the judicial system and the public administration have collapsed. Many factors have caused this unprecedented crisis. First, Jovenel Moïse, who became president in 2017, was never accepted by the population as a legitimate leader. Second, he failed to hold scheduled parliamentary and municipal elections in 2019. Third, since he assumed the presidency, he has unilaterally replaced all officials that contested his decision in the judicial branch and failed to renew the terms of the judges and prosecutors who refused to accept his arbitrary decisions. Parliament has been shut down since January 2019, and local elected officials were forced to leave their posts.
Haiti Country Report 2022
Haiti has fallen into a spiral of political, economic and social chaos not seen since the overthrow of the Duvalier government in 1986. All state institutions such as parliament, the judicial system and the public administration have collapsed. Many factors have caused this unprecedented crisis. First, Jovenel Moïse, who became president in 2017, was never accepted by the population as a legitimate leader. Second, he failed to hold scheduled parliamentary and municipal elections in 2019. Third, since he assumed the presidency, he has unilaterally replaced all officials that contested his decision in the judicial branch and failed to renew the terms of the judges and prosecutors who refused to accept his arbitrary decisions. Parliament has been shut down since January 2019, and local elected officials were forced to leave their posts.