Welcome to the latest episode of the world’s least funny sitcom. In today’s news, the **Haiti Transitional Presidential Council** has decided to do the only thing a committee knows how to do when everything is falling apart: they fired someone. This time, the council voted to oust **Prime Minister Garry Conille**, replacing him with businessman **Alix Didier Fils-Aimé**. He’ll barely have time to find the bathroom in the government building before the next majority vote. It is a classic move in the ongoing **Haiti political crisis**. When your house is on fire and **gang violence in Port-au-Prince** is the landlord, don’t grab a hose. Instead, sit down in a fancy chair and vote to fire the guy holding the bucket.

I have seen this show before, and honestly, the plot is getting a bit tired for anyone tracking **Haiti's political stability**. This council was supposed to be a ‘transitional’ group. That is a very fancy word politicians use when they don’t have a real plan for **democratic transition**. It sounds professional. It sounds like they are moving toward something better. But in reality, the only thing they are transitioning is the blame. They move it from one person to another like a hot potato. They hope that if they keep moving the potato fast enough, nobody will notice that the potato is actually a live grenade.

The council is a masterpiece of bureaucratic nonsense. It is a group of people who were chosen to lead because no one else could agree on a single person. And as anyone who has ever worked in an office knows, a committee is just a way for eight people to do the work of zero people. While gangs control the streets and the city is basically a giant obstacle course for survival, these men are sitting in a room talking about rules and votes. It is like watching people argue about the seating chart on the Titanic while the iceberg is already inside the dining room.

Let’s look at the men involved. **Garry Conille** was supposed to be the fix, but in Haiti’s political world, being the 'new guy' is a job that lasts about as long as a carton of milk in the sun. Now, **Alix Didier Fils-Aimé** steps into the ring. When you have a group of people who all want to be the boss, the first person they attack is the person who is actually trying to be the boss. It is a circular firing squad where everyone is wearing a suit and looking very serious.

I find it particularly funny—in a dark, cynical way—that they think a vote matters right now. A vote is a tool for a stable society. In a place where gangs have more power than the police, a vote by a council is just a piece of paper. It is a polite suggestion in a world that has stopped being polite. But these leaders love their papers. They love their titles. They love the feeling of power that comes from saying, ‘You are fired.’ It makes them feel like they are in control of the chaos. They aren't. They are just the chaos with better haircuts.

The world watches this and shakes its head, but what did anyone expect? You cannot fix a collapsing building by changing the guy who manages the front desk. The problem isn't the Prime Minister. The problem is the entire structure. But fixing a structure is hard work. Firing a guy is easy. It takes ten minutes and a show of hands. It gives the illusion of progress. It tells the public, ‘Look, we are doing something!’ But ‘doing something’ is not the same as ‘fixing something.’

This is the tragedy of modern politics. It has become a performance. These council members are actors on a stage that is literally burning down around them. They deliver their lines about democracy and stability while the audience is fleeing for their lives. Another leader goes out the door, another leader walks in, and the people of Haiti are left waiting for a change that never arrives.

**References & Fact-Check:** - **Official Event**: On November 10, 2024, Haiti’s transitional presidential council signed an executive order to remove Prime Minister Garry Conille and replace him with Alix Didier Fils-Aimé. [Source: ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/haitis-transitional-council-deepens-political-chaos-voting-oust-129498455) - **Context**: This move comes amidst a surge in gang violence and the continued displacement of residents in Port-au-Prince. - **Subject Matter**: Transitional Presidential Council (TPC) formed to restore democratic order in Haiti.