Renmen Ayiti
Renmen Ayiti (French: Aimer Haïti) (English: Love Haiti) or RA is a Haitian political party led and founded by Jean-Henry Céant.
Electoral history
Céant ran for president of Haiti two times under the banner of Renmen Ayiti, once in 2010 and once in 2015.[1] In his first campaign, he came in fourth, with 8% of the vote,[2] and in his second he finished sixth, with only 2.5% of the vote.[3]
The party has had limited electoral success, winning no seats in the Chamber of Deputies or Senate in the 2010-11 elections, and only 2 seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the 2015-16 cycle.[4]
Political Platform
Céant and his party have been seen as allies of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his Fanmi Lavalas party.[5][6][7]
In 2015, Renmen Ayiti denounced the CEP's rules on parties registering for elections as restrictive, with Euvonie Georges Auguste, a Vodou priestess[8] and then-member of the party's office of electoral affairs, calling the process exclusionary.[9]
In 2024, the party called to amend the Haitian constitution in order to improve stability and make elections more democratic.[10] In 2025, they called for another amendment "opening political life to Haitians living abroad, including those with dual nationality,"[11] allowing members of the Haitian diaspora to vote in Haitian elections.
In 2025, the party issued a denouncement of then Prime Minister and member of Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council Fritz Alphonse Jean, calling him irresponsible and calling the actions of the council "a betrayal of the nation."[12] In July 2025, the party proposed their own plan for transition, bypassing that of the council, amidst the ongoing Haitian crisis.[13]
References
- ^ "Haiti - FLASH : Moïse chooses Jean Henry Céant as new Prime Minister - HaitiLibre.com : Haiti news 7/7". HaitiLibre.com. Retrieved 2025-12-07.
- ^ Hurbon, Laënnec (June 2014). "Les partis politiques dans la construction de la démocratie en Haïti" (PDF). Institut International pour la Démocratie et l’Assistance Electorale: 70.
- ^ "Haiti Elections". haitielection2015.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2025-12-07.
- ^ "Chambre des Députés (August 2015 - October 2015) | Election results | Haiti". IPU Parline: global data on national parliaments. Retrieved 2025-12-07.
- ^ Times, The Haitian (2015-10-25). "A Look At the Top Candidates In Haiti's Presidential Election". The Haitian Times. Retrieved 2025-12-07.
- ^ "Election in Haiti beset by cholera, confusion". Arab News. 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2025-12-07.
- ^ "Aristide Takes Major Role in Haitian Presidential Campaign". Voice of America. 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2025-12-07.
- ^ "Prominent Haitian Vodou priestess dies, and country mourns". AP News. 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2025-12-07.
- ^ "Renmen Ayiti : « Techniquement, le processus d'inscription fourmille de failles »". lenouvelliste.com (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-07.
- ^ Lequotidien509 (2025-01-01). "Constitution : Proposition d'amendement de Renmen Ayiti | Le Quotidien 509" (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Lequotidien509 (2025-09-04). "RENMEN AYITI propose un amendement réaliste à la Constitution pour renforcer la démocratie | Le Quotidien 509" (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ news, Zantrays (2025-06-27). "Le parti politique Renmen Ayiti Sonne l'Alerte : Le CPT de Fritz Alphonse Jean au Bord du Gouffre". Zantray news (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-07.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Après 16 mois d'échec du CPT, le parti politique"Renmen Ayiti" propose un nouveau accord à l'échéance du 7 février 2026 - Juno7" (in French). 2025-07-06. Retrieved 2025-12-07.