Haiti's CEP Prepares New Version of Electoral Calendar

Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) is preparing a new version of the electoral calendar, expected to be made public before the end of October, according to Le Nouvelliste. The council says it hopes to avoid having to extend the candidate registration period for a fourth time. To that end, the CEP has multiplied meetings with the government, officials from public security forces, foreign partners, political actors and civil society figures. Despite numerous consultations with nearly every sector of the country, as of the evening of Tuesday, October 20, the council had not yet finalized the revised schedule, the newspaper reported. The article notes that the recurring difficulty in fixing an electoral calendar masks deeper problems facing the process. According to the report, 16 candidates have registered for the presidency to date. No new election dates were specified in the available portion of the report, and further details were behind the outlet's registration wall. The CEP's push follows repeated delays in a process closely watched by domestic stakeholders and international partners as Haiti seeks a path back to constitutional order through elections.