Independent Consultative Committee: Explanatory Note on the Draft Constitution
Summary: The note in which the Independent Consultative Committee sets out the choices in its draft: the presidential system proposed, the abolition of the Senate, the terms of elected officials, the place of the diaspora and constitutional review. It gives the reasons for a text that the draft itself does not argue.
Key Findings
- The note frames the constitutional project around three main issues: the political regime, administrative governance, and the exercise of fundamental rights, sovereignty and citizenship.
- It reviews executive problems including de facto powers, governments without Parliament, governments without a Prime Minister, and interim or transition executives.
- It identifies legislative issues around bicameralism and chronic dysfunctions, and judicial issues around article 175 of the Constitution and risks of political abuse.
- It treats decentralization and independent institutions as core administrative-governance questions.
- The conclusion argues that the process should seek a national compromise on the common good through citizen participation protocols rather than only debating constitutionality.
- The proposed schedule runs from expert consultations in late 2021 through civil-society review in early 2022 and a referendum phase in March.
Full Description
The note in which the Independent Consultative Committee sets out the choices in its draft: the presidential system proposed, the abolition of the Senate, the terms of elected officials, the place of the diaspora and constitutional review. It gives the reasons for a text that the draft itself does not argue.
How to cite
Comité Consultatif Indépendant pour l'élaboration du projet de nouvelle Constitution (CCI), 2021, Independent Consultative Committee: Explanatory Note on the Draft Constitution, https://www.haiti.org/