Laurent Saint-Cyr Tightens Control Over the Publication of Official Acts in Le Moniteur

Port-au-Prince, January 27, 2026 — In an official letter dated January 22 and addressed to the Secretary General of the Presidency, Marie Elizabeth Régine Joseph Haddad, the President of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council (CPT), Laurent Saint-Cyr, firmly reiterates the strict rules governing the publication of acts binding the Haitian State.

The document, bearing the official letterhead of the Republic of Haiti and the Transitional Presidential Council, emphasizes strict compliance with the legal and regulatory provisions governing the functioning of the CPT and the organization of presidential services.

In his correspondence, Saint-Cyr specifies that under the applicable legal framework, the Coordinator of the CPT is the only authority empowered to sign decisions binding the Council and to authorize their transmission to the Official Gazette of the Republic, Le Moniteur, for publication.

Saint-Cyr expressly notes that, as of the date of the letter, no authorization has been granted to publish any notes, resolutions, statements, correspondence, or any other document of legal or administrative effect involving the CPT.

Consequently, any publication made outside this framework is deemed to lack legal basis and cannot engage either the personal responsibility of the CPT President, that of the institution itself, or that of the Nation.

The letter goes further by issuing a formal directive: no document of legal or administrative value may be published, transmitted, or disseminated without the prior signature of the President of the Transitional Presidential Council and without mandatory processing through the Office of the Secretary General of the Presidency, regardless of the medium or channel used.

This directive takes immediate effect and remains in force until further notice.

The letter was also copied to the Director of the National Press, Ronald Saint-Jean, underscoring the intention to maintain strict control over the official publication process.

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