Haiti sets up council to prepare for first elections since 2016
Al Jazeera
Country is mired in political strife with international peacekeepers drafted in to restore stability.
Haiti’s government has set up a provisional electoral council to prepare the troubled Caribbean country for its first general elections since 2016.
The electoral council represents groups including farmers, journalists, human rights activists and the Vodou community and is tasked with setting up a legal framework for elections and organising the poll, which is due to be held by 2026.
The council created on Wednesday has seven members, the prime minister’s office said on social media platform X.
Two other seats, one for human rights groups and another for women’s rights organisations, still lack a delegate, the office added.
Smith Augustin, a member of the country’s transitional presidential council, told The Associated Press news agency that the remaining members would probably be announced in the coming days. By law, the council must have nine members.
