January 5, 2024
On 13 December the CARICOM Eminent Persons Group of former Prime Ministers Bruce Golding, Perry Christie and the Coordinator, Dr Kenny D. Anthony concluded a week of intense negotiations between Haitian Stakeholders on a Framework Agreement intended to provide a transitional governance arrangement to take the troubled country to free and fair elections.
The negotiations, attended by representatives of a broad cross section of political and civil society Stakeholders, including Prime Minister Ariel Henry, provided an opportunity for narrowing of differences on the details of the transitional governance arrangement.
The draft Framework Agreement that formed the basis of the negotiations was prepared by the EPG and reflected the contributions of all the Stakeholders over more than five months of consultations. The Stakeholders achieved consensus on several aspects of the draft Framework and have agreed to continue discussions between themselves in the absence of the EPG on the key areas of the balance of power and representation within the proposed transitional arrangements.
The EPG indicated their willingness to return to Haiti once the Stakeholders have made significant progress in their informal discussions and provide a clear indication of their readiness to enter the last phase of negotiations.
Statement by the CARICOM Group of Eminent Persons following
its fourth visit to Haiti
On December 13, the CARICOM Group of Eminent Persons composed of former Prime Ministers Bruce Golding, Perry Christie and the Coordinator, Dr. Kenny D. Anthony, concluded a week of intense negotiations between stakeholders on a framework agreement intended to provide a transitional governance arrangement to bring the embattled country to free and fair elections.
The negotiations, attended by representatives from a wide range of political and civil society stakeholders, including Prime Minister Ariel Henry, provided an opportunity to narrow differences over the details of the transitional governance agreement .
The draft framework agreement that formed the basis of the negotiations was prepared by GPE and reflects the contributions of all stakeholders during more than five months of consultations. Stakeholders reached consensus on several aspects of the draft framework and agreed to continue discussions among themselves in the absence of GPE on key areas of checks and balances under the transitional arrangements proposed.
GPE has indicated its willingness to return to Haiti once stakeholders have made significant progress in their informal discussions and have clearly indicated their willingness to begin the final phase of negotiations.