Before being urged by the United States to present an electoral calendar, the coordinator of the CPT had already mentioned the idea of holding elections—without, however, setting a date. As of October 7, the Presidential Transitional Council has exactly four months left before the end of its mandate. Can the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) organize elections within that time frame? Uder Antoine, former executive director of the Electoral Council who oversaw the last elections in 2016, provides some explanations…

After 18 months of moving backward at the head of the country, the Presidential Council is running out of time. Its mandate expires in four months, and it must accomplish before February 7, 2026, what it has been unable to do in a year and a half.