Democracy is hard work. It requires deliberative processes to ensure all voices are heard, the slow work of consensus-building around ways forward, and the challenging tasks of implementing agreements. It often requires overcoming powerful special interests and corrupt actors with the tools and authorities to entrench their own power. It also often fails, which is why we see democratic backsliding and resurgent authoritarians around the world.
Imagine a group that has overcome all these challenges to forge a true democratic process and reach a political agreement to transition to a real democracy. Imagine achieving this in the wake of a devastating hurricane, a presidential assassination, and decades of corruption and human rights violations. That's exactly what the Commission for a Haitian-Led Solution to the Crisis did, against all odds: a bottom-up, inclusive process that outlines a legitimate path back toward democracy in Haiti. More than 900 groups, representing millions of Haitians across the political spectrum, have endorsed the commission's agreement, and today commissioners are working diligently to implement it.
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