[2] Originally set to be held on 27 June 2021, the referendum was postponed to 26 September 2021, on the same day as the presidential and parliamentary elections.
On that day, the Supreme Council of the Judiciary declared the end of the Moses' term, while the government announced that it had foiled an attempted coup.
[9] After the assassination of Jovenel Moïse and a major earthquake, the Provisional Electoral Council delayed the referendum to 7 November 2021.
[4] The acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry however later dissolved the electoral council and stated on 29 September that he planned to hold the referendum next February.
[10] On 21 December 2022, he announced the signing of a new political agreement that provided for the holding of new elections and the referendum in 2023 and the investiture of the new president on 7 February 2024, among others.