The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has submitted a revised draft of the electoral decree for the organization of elections and the popular consultation on constitutional revision. In this document, the CEP sets benchmarks for the participation of political parties. Article 139 stipulates that to be eligible to register candidates at all levels, any party or coalition must submit a list of 30,000 members, adherents, or supporters enjoying their civil and political rights.
Several party leaders have reacted to this measure. Claude Joseph of the EDE party described it as an important step toward sanitizing national political life, noting that over 95% of the 320 existing parties lack a real physical or numerical presence in Haiti. Jorchemy Jean Baptiste of the MNT party also welcomed the provision as a move toward institutionalization, while Jerry Tardieu of En Avant suggested raising the threshold to 100,000 members to prevent vote splitting and rationalize the allocation of public funds.
André Michel of the December 21 Agreement acknowledged the merit of the intention to push parties to form blocs, though he criticized the executive branch’s perceived lack of will to adopt the election budget. Similarly, Rosny Cadet of the ASE party supported the requirement for real representativeness, calling for even higher thresholds for presidential candidates and suggesting that campaign expense reimbursements be tied to electoral results to discourage opportunistic candidacies.
