Haitian Tèt Kale Party

The Haitian Tèt Kale Party (French: Parti Haïtien Tèt Kale, Haitian Creole: Pati Ayisyen Tèt Kale, PHTK) is a Haitian political party. Tèt Kale means "Bald Headed" in Haitian Creole.[2]

Haitian Tèt Kale Party
Parti Haïtien Tèt Kale
Pati Ayisyen Tèt Kale
AbbreviationPHTK
LeaderLiné Balthazar
Founded16 August 2012 (2012-08-16)
Split fromRepons Peyizan
HeadquartersPort-au-Prince
IdeologyLiberalism[1]
Conservative liberalism
Political positionCentre-right[1]
Colours  Pink
Chamber of Deputies
31 / 119
Senate
6 / 30
Website
phtk.ht

History

The party was formally constituted on 16 August 2012. Although then President Michel Martelly was never a member of the party, PHTK had affinities with the government.[1]

For the 2015 presidential election, Jovenel Moïse was presented as the party's candidate. For the 2015 parliamentary elections, the party presented 11 candidates for the Senate and 99 for the Chamber of Deputies.[3][4] On the first round of the legislative elections, four PHTK candidates were immediately elected.[5] The party now holds 26 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and two seats in the Senate. The party's presidential candidate Jovenel Moïse, endorsed by country president Michel Martelly, won most votes in the first round in the 2015 presidential election and won the November 2016 Haitian presidential election after the previous election was annulled. In the early morning hours of July 7, 2021, Moïse was assassinated during an attack on his home.[6]

Criticism

After the controversial first round of the 2015 presidential election, the party was described as "corrupt" and "dysfunctional" by some Haitians and Haitian Americans. According to a Haitian Sentinel article, many Haitian Americans living in Miami criticized the party as "thieves".[7]

References
  1. "Haiti - Politic : The Haitian Political Party Tèt Kale formally constituted". HaitiLibre. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. Peter Granitz (9 September 2015). "Leading political party pulls out of Haiti's legislative elections". Reuters. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  3. Accepted candidates for senator Archived 10 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Accepted candidates for deputy Archived 11 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Haiti - FLASH : Final results of the 1st round of legislative elections of August 9, 2015". Haiti-Libre. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  6. "'Mercenaries' assassinate Haiti President Jovenel Moise at home; wife hurt". UPI. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  7. Sentinel, Staff (22 November 2015). "Haitian-Americans say Jovenel Moïse, PHTK, "thieves"". Haitian Sentinel. Haitian Sentinel. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
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