Invited to appear on Télé Métropole's Analiz program on July 4, former Prime Minister Claude Joseph firmly asserted that his political party, EDE, is the best structured and most organized to contest the elections, which he hopes will be held as soon as possible. At the same time, he criticized the fact that the key sovereign ministries are controlled by members of a single party—the one currently in power—while making it clear that he opposes another political transition. Naturally, the program's host, Marvens Pierre, asked him whether he favored a cabinet reshuffle. In response, Claude Joseph stressed that the current situation should not be reduced to a matter of "move aside so I can take your place."

At first, I began to appreciate in his remarks a willingness to be transparent and a refreshing tone that stood apart from those who often speak with hidden agendas or conceal their true intentions. However, he then added that a cabinet reshuffle would not solve the problem of public perception if the ruling party retained control of the strategic ministries for electoral purposes. Should one conclude from this qualification that a complete government overhaul would be enough to entice the leader of the EDE party? That instead of seeking to change the government through elections as quickly as possible, he would be satisfied with a reshuffled Fils-Aimé government in which he could take part, even at the cost of prolonging the legal vacuum that has gripped the country for the past five years? If that is indeed his hidden ambition, it would be regrettable, because what I initially perceived as a conceptual breakthrough would ultimately prove to be nothing more than a subtle—but disappointing—message directed at the current government.