When unelected individuals are catapulted to the heights of state power amid turbulent circumstances, engaging in petty power plays and palace intrigues while forgetting that they are paid, housed, and fed at the expense of a starving, exhausted populace battered by gang violence, the least one can say to them is: Enough is enough! Indecency has its limits. Remove your blinders and remember the essence of your mission.

To these new “precious figures of the Republic,” a dose of humility is in order, as over 3,661 Haitians have been killed since the beginning of the year. Across our 27,000 square kilometers, 5.4 million Haitians are facing acute food insecurity. The performance of the current governing body, the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT) and Prime Minister, is far too meager for their internal squabbles to avoid irritating or offending the public.