Haïti : une lettre au Président Trump pour sauver la Constitution de 1987

La Nouvelle Alliance plaide pour une restauration constitutionnelle légale en Haïti.Constitution suspendue ou toujours en vigueur ? Washington interpellé

Dans une lettre adressée le 28 juillet 2025 au président américain Donald Trump, la Nouvelle Alliance pour la Transition Constitutionnelle (nATC), par la voix de son coordonnateur général Jean-Pierre Bailly, alerte la Maison-Blanche sur la persistance d’une crise institutionnelle en Haïti, entretenue par des manipulations juridiques et politiques.

La lettre dénonce l’effacement de facto de la Constitution de 1987 au profit d’un prétendu vide juridique exploité par le Conseil présidentiel de transition (TPC), jugé illégitime. Bailly soutient que le retour à l’ordre constitutionnel pourrait être accompli simplement par un Arrêté ministériel validé par le Conseil des ministres, conférant de nouveau à la Cour de cassation son rôle constitutionnel d’autorité intérimaire, conformément à l’article 149.

Le document critique le rôle de la CARICOM, jugée partiale, et appelle à renforcer le cadre de l’OEA tout en rejetant la stratégie kényane. Il propose aussi un programme intégré de relogement et d’industrialisation, en lien avec la crise humanitaire et sécuritaire.

Enfin, la lettre avertit que tout soutien prolongé à des acteurs non constitutionnels — dont plusieurs sont liés à des groupes désignés comme terroristes — pourrait engager la responsabilité juridique des États-Unis. Le rappel historique de la suspension (1988) et de la restauration (1990) de la Constitution par des voies judiciaires légitimes sert ici de précédent juridique et politique.

« Une Constitution suspendue implicitement n’est pas une Constitution abrogée », conclut la lettre, invitant Washington à choisir entre un juge imparfait, neuf seigneurs de guerre illégitimes, ou le droit.

NOUVELLE ALLIANCE POUR LA TRANSITION CONSTITUTIONNELLE (nATC)

URGENT APPEAL: A CALL FOR CONSTITUTIONAL CLARITY IN HAITI’S CRISIS

Port-au-Prince, July 28, 2025

9, Avenue Lamartinière, Bois-Verna | Port-au-Prince, Haïti | email : jpbailly@gmail.com
NOUVELLE ALLIANCE POUR LA TRANSITION CONSTITUTIONNELLE (nATC)
URGENT APPEAL: A CALL FOR CONSTITUTIONAL CLARITY IN HAITI’S CRISIS

Port-au-Prince, July 28, 2025
President Donald J. Trump
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear President Trump:

It is out of grave concerns that we submit our latest threat assessment, detailing what appears to be a
continued — whether unintentional or deliberate — effort to maintain and perpetuate a long-standing
manufactured conundrum. It is an obvious assault against Haiti’s 1987 Constitution, thereby challenging its
supreme judicial authority over Cour de Cassation’s evident role to play in any law-abiding approach to the
current crisis. As demonstrated below, an implicit pause is a pause; not a revocation of Haiti’s Law of the land.
In fact, as widely reported through verifiable and recent press coverage, Haitian authorities and their legal
advisors have not been forthright with your administration regarding the real state of the authentic Constitution:

1. Restoring constitutional order requires a routine administrative act — an Arrêté or decree — validated
   by one of Haiti’s most powerful councils: Conseil des Ministres.
2. This legal pathway restores the authentic 1987 Constitution without any backdoor deals with a
   coalition of nine warring political factions, several of which have been sanctioned by the United States or the United Nations, for established affiliations with violent gangs recently designated as terrorists;
3. While initiatives devised outside the aforementioned constitutional framework — particularly those that
   sideline the Cour de Cassation — will be legally vulnerable and politically unsustainable; under the authentic version of the 1987 Constitution, conversely, major commercial deals and longtime engagements will survive partisan politics of subsequent administrations: given that multiple unlawful attempts to amend, alter or replace the Constitution, via prohibited referenda and other dubious stratagems, have consistently failed;
4. As to dissimulate a bogus claim of amendment, only to create the current maliciously calculated state of
   chaos, Haitian authorities and their legal advisors have withheld very critical facts from you: (a) the continued validity of Article 149 of the 1987 Constitution, because the current constitutional pause is only implicit
   ; (b) the unconstitutional misuse of “Conseil des Ministres” for personal gain, in violation of Articles 154 &159 of the Constitution in addition to Article 29 of the 2005 Special Decree; (c) the fabricated constitutional crisis, in violation of Articles 5, 40 & 284 of said Constitution. In sum, a Constitution implicitly paused, by illegitimate actors, continues to exist; but frivolous claims of inexistence or absence, to tackle this crisis, are preposterous.
5. As senior officials at the State Department, the White House, and the Department of Justice can
   confirm: – Under Haitian law and longstanding precedents, a ministerial Arrêté or an executive order would be legally sufficient to restore the 1987 Constitution, which may then be lawfully amended, following procedures already in place. Of course, we support such a law-biding revision process. – Presidential decrees of May 13, 2011 (No. 58), June 3, 2011 (No. 72), and June 19, 2012 (No. 96) carry
   full legal authority and have historically been used to promulgate or pause the Constitution (see Le Moniteur); – We endorse constitutional reforms; but reject alongside Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, the legitimacy
   of the so-called Transitional Presidential Council (TPC/PTC), whose members continue to advance interests of corrupt individuals formally sanctioned by the United States and allies; – All previous efforts to amend the 1987 Constitution have failed, as rival factions continue to spread
   misinformation and devise fraudulent stratagems to sustain a discredited regime controlled by oligarchs and individuals sanctioned for their affiliation with Haiti’s ferocious gangs.
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• Article 149 of the 1987 Constitution clearly assigns interim presidential authority to the Cour de
  Cassation, not to nine warring political entities currently misleading this tiny island, several of which are
  connected to criminals recently designated as terrorist organizations by the U.S. State Department, the European Union and the United Nations. – Articles 154 (Constitution) and 29 of Special Decree No. 6 (May 20, 2005) make it clear that the authority of the Conseil des Ministres expired upon the death of President Moïse. Hence, all subsequent decrees or Arrêtés issued under that body’s name, prior to this illegitimate presidential council, are null and void. – A formal complaint, signed by all members of the TPC/PTC, acknowledges the manipulation and misrepresentation of material facts contained in Decree No. 14, erasing any claim of legality, not even an ounce of legitimacy. TPC’s flagrant constitutional violations cannot serve as a pretext to falsely claim inexistence.

  In sum, based on the above factual and legal considerations, Decree No. 14, Arrêté No. 14-A, and Arrêté
  No. 15 could legally, politically, and diplomatically be deemed null and void: a powerful argument to secure
  immediate departure of the illegitimate junta. In fact, any continuous support extended to the TPC — already declared illegitimate by the U.S. Secretary of State — would constitute a breach of both Haitian, U.S. laws.
  Backed by a broad alliance of Haitian patriots and members of the Diaspora, Mr. President, Nouvelle
  Alliance respectfully invites your administration to consider the following actions, as to support a peaceful, legal, and sustainable resolution to Haiti’s deepening constitutional conundrum and humanitarian crisis;

1. Formally strip CARICOM of its leading role, as its involvement is seen as an unwarranted State
   Department proxy, given that CARICOM negotiators have proven to be ill-prepared for the task;
2. Maintain the current U.S. position in favor of OAS as opposed to Kenya’s failed and costly leadership
   in Haiti; as we consistently prioritize the natural and logical OAS framework that you have recently embraced;
3. Increase diplomatic pressure on PM Didier Fils-Aimé and President Fritz Jean, in order to comply with
   constitutional obligations and restore legal order and cede power to the legitimate institution established by law:
   Cour de Cassation (because the illegitimate TPC junta has lost public confidence, amid growing corruption scandals involving U.S. taxpayers’ contribution to UNDP, IDB, and World Bank);
4. Consider our comprehensive housing proposal, which includes infrastructure for deportees and those
   displaced by gang violence — combined with the installation of four regional agro-industrial hubs dedicated to transforming, packaging, stocking and redistributing agricultural products to address food insecurity and booster local production — as a strategic pillar of the broader humanitarian response (holistic approach);
5. Support constitutional amendments under the existing legal framework, to modernize governance and
   unlock Haiti’s economic potential, in sectors such as mining, agribusiness, and real estate development;
6. Reject constitutional proposals anchored in the same rationale dictated by the same legal advisors over
   a period of 15 years of failure, to endorse modern legal and legislative mechanisms apparently unknown to previous Haitian government officials and their constitutional advisors;
7. Recognize that necessity to amend the Constitution should not happen at the expense of above-cited
   constitutional obligations, as the Nouvelle Alliance’s legal team has clearly demonstrated — based on confirmed executive orders and backed by legal precedents — what is required to act with legitimacy and efficiency. Thank you for your attention to this critical matter. We remain at your disposal and look forward to continuing this essential work in collaboration with your Administration.
   Nota Bene
   : On June 20, 1988, Gen. Henri Namphy suspended the 1987 Constitution. Reciprocally, on March 13, 1990, Justice Ertha Pascal-Trouillot of the Cour de Cassation lawfully restored it. As a result, on-going attempts by Haitian lobbyists to circumvent Cassation’s law-abiding option by yet another “cake-sharing” wild deal, signal flaws and ulterior motive, very likely to backfire and trigger reversals by subsequent administrations both in Washington and in Port-au Prince. In fine, Haitian authorities face a clear choice between one imperfect judge, nine illegitimate rival warlords, and a perilous wildcard. We welcome you to Haiti: Fight! Fight! Fight!

   Sincerely,
   Jean-Pierre BAILLY
   Coordonnateur Général de la Nouvelle Alliance

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