The first and last major meeting of the Presidential Transition Council (CPT) at the National Palace was the swift and very brief swearing-in ceremony. On Thursday, April 25, 2024, amidst the sounds of automatic gunfire, the councilors swore to uphold the constitution. Since mid-March 2024, the Champ de Mars, the main public square in the capital where the statues of the nation's founding fathers stand, has been in defensive mode. The Champ de Mars has become an isolated fortress protected by elite troops of the Haitian National Police (PNH) and elements of the Haitian Armed Forces (FAD’H). Surrounding it are looted or burned businesses and homes.

The executive branch has moved to new quarters in Musseau, at the Villa d’Accueil. All major events now take place in the heights of Port-au-Prince. In the lower parts of the city, around the Champ de Mars, ghost neighborhoods have become the norm. The overgrown streets and houses from Madan Colo to Rue Pavée, from Martissant to Carrefour de l'Aviation, are almost unrecognizable. Within these abandoned territories, looters and murderers confront the police forces.