New Constitution Draft Suggests Governor and Two Senators for Each Department

The Steering Committee of the National Conference maintains the redrawing of the territory in the final version of the proposed new Constitution. There will no longer be communal sections, and the commune will become the smallest administrative territorial entity of the Republic, led by a single mayor. Each department will have a governor and two senators. At least one deputy will be elected in each constituency…

Robenson Geffrard
03 Sep 2025 — Lecture : 6 min.

With this proposed new Constitution, the country will be divided into ten territories autonomous from each other and not under the authority of the central government. According to the provisions of the document in Article 67-2, each department is administered by a governor elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term. He is indefinitely re-eligible. The election of this governor takes place during the general elections on the last Sunday of October of the fifth year of the term.

To be a departmental governor, Article 67-3 re

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