CEP and Government Continue to Drag Their Feet on Electoral Budget and Decree

Since the end of the Presidential Transitional Council (CPT)'s mandate and Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé's assumption of power—with the backing of the international community—followed by the signing of the National Pact for Stability and the Organization of Elections last February, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and the government have continued to stall over the electoral decree, the election budget, and the electoral calendar. Four months later, the electoral process has made little progress.