Dysfunctional for nearly five years, the Haitian Parliament has already cost the public treasury more than 10 billion gourdes. Its budget allocation for the 2024–2025 fiscal year is 3.5 billion gourdes, of which 3.4 billion covers personnel expenses for nearly 4,000 employees. A significant portion of these employees receive their salaries by bank transfer, while others pick up their checks at a cramped office in Delmas, Le Nouvelliste has learned.

“If no action is taken by September, the Haitian Parliament, which has been dysfunctional for nearly five years, will cost the treasury 3 billion 591 million gourdes,” a source at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) told Le Nouvelliste on Thursday, May 22, 2025.