The government and the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) are at odds over the drafting of the electoral decree that is to govern the upcoming elections. The CEP is invoking the Constitution to claim exclusive authority over the electoral decree, while the government is attempting to push ahead, emphasizing that the document it intends to publish is the same one submitted by the electoral institution, with a few modifications. Le Nouvelliste reviewed the Constitution regarding this standoff between the two state entities.

Let us begin with the premise that the Haitian Constitution remains in force as long as no official decision suspends it, even though, since the presidency of Jovenel Moïse, every leader who has succeeded him has sought either to amend or replace it.