Time is running against the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT) for organizing the referendum and elections this year. While the CPT struggles to restore security, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has already submitted the referendum calendar, budget, and decree. However, the presidential advisers have yet to publish these documents in Le Moniteur. The president of the CEP told Le Nouvelliste that this delay has slowed the process, emphasizing that he is not currently able to set a date for the referendum.

The CEP had initially planned to hold the referendum in May 2025. That is now a thing of the past. Today, the CEP cannot provide a precise date for the referendum. "We have already submitted four documents to the executive for the organization of the referendum: a draft referendum decree, a voting approach, a budget, and a calendar," CEP President Patrick Saint-Hilaire told Le Nouvelliste on Monday. In this exclusive interview with the newspaper, Saint-Hilaire clarified that while the CEP is setting the electoral process in motion, it has no involvement in the constitutional reform itself. "The CEP steps in once a constitutional text is submitted to us," he stated.