Haiti creates council tasked with holding first elections in a decade

People walk by the Canado-Haitien College before the arrival of Prime Minister Garry Conilleas, as part of a State inspection of schools during the final bachelors degree exams, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti August 6, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo

(Reuters) -Haiti's government on Wednesday created a provisional electoral council, marking the most concrete step toward reviving the electoral process in years after political turmoil and later violence thwarted previous attempts.

The Caribbean nation is set to hold elections by 2026, a decade after they were last held in 2016.