Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime said in a radio interview that "security conditions are not ​met at the level for us to have elections in August," Reuters reported on May 11. However, Fils-Aime added, "I would like ⁠for elections to happen by the end of the year," with a new president taking office on Feb. 7, 2027.

Haiti has not held elections since November 2016, with elections repeatedly delayed amid years of political chaos and extreme gang violence. In 2023, a transitional presidential council took power with the authority to plan elections for 2025, but instability prevented a vote. Fils-Aime took office after the council's authority expired in February. Haiti is the most violent country in the Western Hemisphere, with over 8,000 people killed in 2025, according to statistics from the U.N. Integrated Office in Haiti, though this is almost certainly an undercount.