The United States issued a warning to Haitian politicians seeking to remove Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé and make changes to the transitional government as the country heads to elections for the first time in a decade.
In a stern statement, the U.S. embassy in the beleaguered Caribbean country said its "chronic instability is not a result of deficiency in character, culture or Constitution," but a result of "corrupt political leaders using gangs and other armed groups to sow chaos in the streets and then demand a role in government claiming to be capable to tame the mess they themselves caused."
L’instabilité chronique en Haïti ne résulte d’aucune déficience du caractère, de la culture ou de la Constitution haïtienne. Elle est imputable à des responsables politiques haïtiens corrompus qui utilisent des gangs et d’autres groupes armés pour semer le chaos dans les rues,… https://t.co/AISRY9BCv3
— U.S. Embassy Haiti (@USEmbassyHaiti) January 23, 2026
"Lasting stability can only be achieved when political leaders get their legitimacy from the support of voters and not their ability to sow chaos," the embassy added, claiming that politicians seeking to remove the prime minister are "not patriots" but "criminals, just like the gangs with whom they conspire."
The embassy also noted that, should politicians go down that path, the country will take "appropriate measures accordingly." The Associated Press reported that it isn't clear why members of the transitional council are seeking to remove Fils-Aime. A spokesman for him said he couldn't comment on the situation and members of the council with voting powers didn't address the matter either.
The council is supposed to end its tenure on February 7, but it's unclear what will happen in the country after that. The deadline was approved on the assumption that the country would have held elections by then, but that hasn't happened. Critics, the AP noted, are trying to stay in power longer.
The UN Security Council met on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing situation there: "The country no longer has time to waste in prolonged infighting," said Carlos Ruiz-Massieu, special representative of the U.N. Secretary General in Haiti.
Ericq Pierre, permanent representative of Haiti to the United Nations, noted on his end that "there's a need to approach this deadline with a sense of responsibility ... to sustain continuity of state and avoid any disruptions that may undermine the operation of national institutions."
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