The Haitian security forces – the PNH, the task force, and the FAD'H – supported by the Gang Suppression Force and Salvadoran troops are on high alert in the fight against gangs. Can we say the same for justice? This branch of government, a major victim of the gang rule, is sidelined in the efforts to restore peace across the country. Yet, the Haitian justice system should be at the forefront of finding solutions to the security crisis. This stance of the Haitian justice system, whether by choice or by constraint, benefits a category of actors – the invisible hands – that are driving chaos in the country.

The slumber of Haitian justice is so deep that foreign voices – G7, European Union, Canada – are attempting to pressure the Fils-Aimé government and the provisional electoral council to exclude individuals sanctioned by foreign countries for their alleged involvement in destabilizing the country from the electoral process. Is it not the responsibility of the Haitian justice system to shed light on these accusations? Can such an important issue for our present and future fail to interest our judicial system?