Haiti elections postponed indefinitely amid political crisis

Haiti’s prime minister dismisses electoral administration members, again casting the vote’s timeline into uncertainty.

Haiti’s elections and a constitutional referendum, scheduled for the coming months, have been postponed indefinitely after the dismissal of the electoral administration, plunging the country into further uncertainty.

Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who was appointed by late President Jovenel Moise two days before being assassinated, published a decree on Monday announcing the members of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) had been dismissed.

He is said to be preparing to appoint a new council but did not set a deadline for doing so.