The Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty (CARI­COM) has ex­pressed deep con­cern about the tran­si­tion­al gov­er­nance process in its Mem­ber State, Haiti.

In a state­ment on Thurs­day the re­gion­al body said it recog­nis­es the ded­i­cat­ed con­tri­bu­tion of for­mer Prime Min­is­ter Gar­ry Conille and looks for­ward to an ear­ly meet­ing with the new Prime Min­is­ter, Al­ix Di­di­er Fils-Aimé and con­tin­ued di­a­logue with the lead­ers of the Gov­ern­ment of Haiti.

“With the pas­sage of time, the pres­sure of the ap­proach­ing dead­lines for at­tain­ing the ma­jor ob­jec­tives of the tran­si­tion process and the end-state, the con­duct of free and fair elec­tions and the seat­ing of a new and de­mo­c­ra­t­i­cal­ly elect­ed gov­ern­ment, be­comes more ur­gent.”

In the state­ment, CARI­COM not­ed that co­he­sion and co­her­ence with re­spect to the roles and re­spon­si­bil­i­ties of the ma­jor ac­tors in the tran­si­tion­al process, as well as ac­count­abil­i­ty will be crit­i­cal in­gre­di­ents for the “ul­ti­mate suc­cess of the tran­si­tion in the months ahead.”

CARI­COM says in this re­gard, it stands ready to work with the lead­ers of Haiti.

In a state­ment, CARI­COM says it has al­ways tak­en the po­si­tion in its good of­fices and fa­cil­i­ta­tion ef­forts that the so­lu­tions to Haiti’s prob­lems must be home grown, re­solved by and for the Hait­ian peo­ple.

“The Com­mu­ni­ty con­tin­ues to be­lieve that Democ­ra­cy can thrive on­ly with com­pro­mise and re­spect for the rule of law as well as a demon­stra­ble com­mit­ment to the se­cu­ri­ty and the wel­fare of its cit­i­zens, and an ear­ly restora­tion of con­sti­tu­tion­al or­der and de­mo­c­ra­t­ic in­sti­tu­tions.”

“The Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty as­sures the peo­ple of Haiti of its con­tin­ued sup­port and of its ex­pec­ta­tions that ef­forts will be made to reach the goal of elec­tions pur­suant to the agreed frame­work by No­vem­ber 2025.We con­tin­ue to stand ready to as­sist.”