Haiti Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé: August elections impossible under current crisis

Crossing The Line: A resident of the Cité Soleil district in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, kneels before a police armored vehicle to demand action against the gangs that control his neighborhood, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. Odelyn Joseph/AP
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WLRN Public Media | By Mohamed Alkawaja

 

Haiti Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé says a planned general election for August will almost certainly be postponed because of the continuing gang violence overwhelming the troubled Caribbean nation.

“It is clear that the security conditions are not met at the level for us to have elections in August,” Fils-Aimé said in an interview broadcast Monday on Magik9 radio in Haiti and reported by Reuters.

“I would like ⁠for elections to happen by the end of the year,” said Fils-Aimé, who said he did expect the country to have a new president in place by early February 2027.

This story was originally produced by WLRN, South Florida’s only public radio station at 91.3 FM, as part of a content sharing partnership with MIA Media Group. Read more at WLRN.org

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