The draft constitution devised by former Prime Minister Enex Jean-Charles and his associates has been heavily criticized since its publication in mid-May 2025. The text, described by Dr. Georges Michel as “potassium cyanide coated in chocolate,” is deemed “fit for the trash” by former senator Steven Benoit. It “reinvents the Haitian dictator through legal means,” argues Frantz Duval, editor-in-chief of Le Nouvelliste.

Patrick Pierre-Louis, head of the Port-au-Prince Bar Association and a constitutional law expert, without delving into the content, maintains that “the Steering Committee of the National Conference, from a legal standpoint, does not have the authority of a Constituent Assembly.” “The distraction being imposed on us will lead nowhere,” says Joel Edouard Vorbes, a member of the executive committee of the Fanmi Lavalas party.