Haiti's presidential election postponed to July next year

Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council announced on the 28th that the first round of the presidential election, originally scheduled for December this year, has been postponed to July 18, 2027. According to the new election schedule, the first round of presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on July 18, 2027, and the second round and local elections are set for October 4 of the same year. Haiti had originally planned to hold the first round of the presidential election on December 13 this year. On the 5th of this month, Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council announced the postponement of the first-round campaign period that was originally scheduled to begin that day.