Honestly, if you’ve been following the news out of Port-au-Prince lately, you know it's a mess. But the story of Garry Conille is something else entirely. It’s not just about another politician losing a job. It is a case study in how incredibly difficult it is to fix a system that seems designed to break anyone who tries to mend it.
On November 10, 2024, the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC) basically showed Conille the door. They replaced him with Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, a businessman. Conille called the move "illegal." He wasn't exactly wrong, at least according to the strict letter of the Haitian Constitution, which says only a functioning Parliament can fire a Prime Minister.
But Haiti hasn't had a functioning Parliament in years.
Why the TPC and Garry Conille Couldn't Get Along
The friction didn't happen overnight. It was more like a slow-motion car crash. Conille is a doctor by trade, a guy who spent years in the high-polish hallways of the United Nations. He’s structured. He’s methodical. The TPC, on the other hand, is a nine-member hydra of competing political interests.
You had three members of that very council—Smith Augustin, Emmanuel Vertilaire, and Louis Gérald Gilles—facing some pretty ugly bribery allegations. Investigators claimed they wanted $750,000 from a government bank director to let him keep his job. Conille reportedly pushed back against them. He wanted a cabinet reshuffle that they weren't into.
Essentially, Conille was trying to run a government like a professional organization, while the council was operating on the old-school rules of Haitian political leverage.
It was a total mismatch.
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A Career Defined by Being the "Outside Insider"
This actually wasn't the first time Garry Conille got the boot or felt forced to walk away. Back in 2011, under President Michel Martelly, he lasted only a few months. Back then, the fight was over dual nationality and reconstruction funds after the 2010 earthquake.
He’s always been the guy the international community loves. He has the "UN vibe." He knows how to talk to USAID and the World Bank. In June 2024, when he was brought back, people thought, "Okay, maybe this is the adult in the room."
Then he had an asthma attack just days into the job.
Talk about a bad omen. He was hospitalized on June 8, 2024, and though he was out the next day, it felt like a metaphor for the breathless, suffocating pressure of trying to lead a country where gangs like Viv Ansanm control roughly 90% of the capital.
The Reality on the Ground in 2026
Since Conille left, things haven't exactly stabilized. We are now in early 2026, and the "transitional" nature of the government is reaching a breaking point. The TPC’s mandate is technically up in February 2026.
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What has actually changed for people living in Delmas or Cité Soleil?
- Gang Violence: It’s moving. It’s not just Port-au-Prince anymore. We’re seeing attacks in the Artibonite region.
- Security Missions: The Kenya-led mission (MSS) has basically morphed into a UN-authorized "Gang Suppression Force."
- The Economy: If you can even call it that right now, it's basically a survival economy.
Some folks argue Conille was too detached. They say he spent too much time on diplomacy and not enough time on the "street" politics required to survive in Haiti. Others see him as a martyr for transparency who was eaten alive by the very corruption he was sent to clean up.
What Actually Happened with the Dismissal?
When the TPC signed that decree to fire him, only one member, Edgard Leblanc Fils, refused to sign. The rest just moved on. Conille wrote a letter to the national press warning them not to publish the decree because it was "illegal."
But in Haiti, "legal" is often whatever the person with the most signatures says it is.
The Organization of American States (OAS) tried to step in and mediate a week before he was fired. It failed. When the OAS can't get you to sit in a room together, you know the bridge is burned.
The Next Steps for Haiti's Leadership
We are looking at a very tight window for the 2026 elections. If they happen at all, they will be the first since 2016. That is a decade without a vote.
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If you are looking for what to watch next, don't just look at the names in the National Palace. Look at these specific markers:
- The Electoral Council: They finally approved an electoral law in late 2025. Watch if they actually set a date or if it gets pushed again.
- The Gang Suppression Force: Check if the UN-backed forces actually start holding territory instead of just patrolling it.
- The TPC Expiration: February 7, 2026, is a huge date. If a new president isn't elected by then, we are looking at a massive legal vacuum that makes the Conille firing look like a minor disagreement.
The story of Garry Conille matters because it proves that technical expertise and international backing aren't enough in Haiti. You need a level of political maneuvering that Conille either couldn't or wouldn't do. For now, he remains a figure of "what might have been," while the country braces for a very uncertain February.
If you're tracking this, keep your eyes on the official gazette, Le Moniteur. That's where the real power shifts are documented, often in the middle of the night. It's also worth following the reports from the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), as they are currently the only ones providing vetted data on casualties and displacement as the 2026 transition deadline looms.