Haiti postpones first presidential election in a decade to July 2027

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti's electoral council has postponed the country's first presidential election in a decade to July 18, 2027, according to a new calendar published by the council on Wednesday, Reuters reported. The council had previously planned to hold a first-round presidential vote on December 13 but later said it was reviewing its schedule. The revised timeline marks another delay for a nation that has not held a presidential election in roughly ten years. The announcement followed recent candidate registrations, including that of former President Michel Martelly, whose supporters gathered on October 23 as he registered to run in the vote that had been expected in December before the government said it was reviewing the schedule, Reuters reported. The electoral council did not, in the published excerpts, detail the reasons behind the postponement. The report was filed by Harold Isaac and edited by Muralikumar Anantharaman for Reuters, and carried by multiple outlets including wtvbam.com and centraloregondaily.com. Further details on the broader electoral calendar, including legislative contests and runoff dates, were not specified in the available reporting.