Kingstown/Prensa Latina
The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) called for an urgent and extensive dialogue between civil society and Haiti’s political actors to find a way out of the instability, the Kingstown Declaration confirmed this Sunday.
In that text, the bloc considered that the process should be led by Port-au-Prince, although it has the support of other countries and organizations to bring the Government, the different parties and institutions of Haitian society to the negotiating table and draw up a roadmap. in order to overcome the current crisis.
Likewise, they called for “the prompt and effective implementation” of United Nations Security Council resolution 2699 (2023) and emphasized the establishment of the necessary security conditions with a view to developing “free and fair elections.”
The situation in Haiti worries Celac and also other organizations in the area such as the Caricom Community (Caricom), whose members announced last week that they will join forces with international partners to support Haiti in the preparation and holding of elections at more due August 31, 2025.
The recent 46th Caricom Conference of Heads of Government decided that a special team will assist Port-au-Prince in the planning, efforts and work of its institutions with a view to developing suffrage in the proposed period.
It was also learned that the Haitian interim prime minister, Ariel Henry, agreed to share political power with the opposition until the vote is held, while the electoral machinery is recovered and an exact date for the exercise is defined.
In addition, Jamaica will host a meeting in two weeks in search of a lasting solution to the political, economic and social instability in Haiti.
Celac held its eighth summit on March 1 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and, according to the host president Ralph Gonsaves, it was a space for extensive debates on issues of interest to the region.
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