Port-au-Prince, February 9, 2026.- In a note published on February 8, 2026, the Parti Pitit Dessalines strongly rejects the decree adopted by the Council of Ministers on February 7, by which the presidential powers are entrusted to the de facto Prime Minister, Alix Didier Fils-Aimé. The party sees this as a major breach of the 1987 Constitution and a threat to the Republican order.
According to Pitit Dessalines, the text contravenes article 149 of the amended Constitution, which strictly regulates the presidential vacancy and limits the interim period to a transitional period leading to elections within 60 to 120 days. In the absence of a specific deadline, the decree would establish a de facto presidency without a constitutional basis.
The party also denounced the violation of the transitional decree of 10 April 2024, which set the end of the term of office of the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT) at 7 February 2026 and excluded any extension. The granting of full powers to the Prime Minister at the end of his term of office would, in his view, be a denial of the political consensus that had shaped the transition.
Pitit Dessalines also warns about the disruption of institutional balance guaranteed by a bicephalous executive. The combination of presidential and governmental functions by a single unelected person would establish a monocephalous regime, contrary to articles 133 and 150 of the Constitution and without democratic control.
Based on articles 58 and 59, the party recalls that sovereignty belongs to the people and that no decree can replace it. He therefore considers that the exercise of power by Alix Didier Fils-Aimé beyond 7 February 2026 is without any legitimacy to engage the country's future.
Pitit Dessalines finally called for the immediate withdrawal of the decree, the opening of a national consensus to restore an executive in accordance with the Constitution, and the rapid publication of a binding electoral calendar with a view to a return to democratic order.
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