How do the final days of our presidents unfold? The question rarely yields a clear and singular answer. Departures have multiple facets, depending on witnesses positioned at different vantage points, the actors involved—who often remain silent—and others, farther from the main scene, who write history with additions, biases, and omissions.

On February 5, 2026, former minister under Jean-Claude Duvalier, Daniel Supplice, in an interview with journalist Wendel Théodore on the program Le Point on Radio Télévision Métropole, revisited the final days of Jean-Claude Duvalier, the most recent of Haiti’s presidents-for-life.