A high-stakes public confrontation has broken out between Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and the country’s executive branch, fueled by unilateral actions from the government of Alix Didier Fils-Aimé that have thrown upcoming electoral processes into uncertainty. The clash began on June 2, 2026, when the Council of Ministers approved an electoral decree drafted directly from the Prime Minister’s office, rejecting the full draft proposal that the CEP had submitted to the executive branch back on April 24, 2026. The government’s version of the decree, which was published in the special 27th issue of Haiti’s official gazette Le Moniteur, bears no resemblance to the CEP’s original draft, and was never put forward for discussion or approval by the independent electoral body. Multiple members of the CEP have already condemned the move as a direct violation of the council’s constitutionally guaranteed independence, calling it a deliberate act of executive interference in the management of national elections. The confrontation escalated further when the Council of Ministers issued a separate decree appointing Uder Antoine, who had served as CEP’s interim Executive Director for more than two months, to the permanent position of Director General of the CEP. The CEP had already publicly declared the Prime Minister’s electoral decree unconstitutional, and in response to the leadership appointment, the council passed a formal resolution to dismiss Antoine immediately. The resolution passed with an overwhelming 8-1 vote margin. The resolution outlines that Antoine was fully aware of the CEP’s official opposition to the government’s unilateral electoral decree, yet still chose to accept the executive branch’s appointment, violating the trust the CEP had placed in him and breaching his contractual obligations as an employee of the electoral council. As a result, his employment contract as Executive Director was terminated with immediate effect, and he has been barred from entering any CEP facilities until further notice. This unilateral appointment has turned simmering tensions between the two branches of the Haitian state into open, full-scale conflict at the highest levels of government. Political observers warn that if a negotiated resolution is not reached rapidly, the standoff could spiral into a full-blown national electoral crisis at a moment when Haiti can least afford further political instability. The situation remains ongoing, with new developments expected to emerge in the coming days.