Prayer for Politics

Haiti's former parliament building destroyed by the January, 2010, earthquake.

The new temporary parliament building which will house no parliament since the current parliament's mandate expired on January 13, 2015.

Christians from the Reformed perspective have historically confessed all the world belongs to God, even the realm of human government.  In many places throughout the world (especially in developing countries), people would be more likely to confess that politics are are a morass of immorality and lawlessness that Christians should flee at all costs.  Yet, in Romans 13:1-7, Paul outlines a Christian's duty to government because political leaders are ordained by God.  In view of Paul's Biblical perspective, we would request you all to pray for the political situation in Haiti.  The last election in Haiti was the runoff held between current President Michel Martelly and opposing candidate Mirlande Manigat held in the winter of 2011.  Since then, not one single election has been held, meaning, that as of January 13, 2015, there was no other elected official (from mayor to senator) functioning with an elected mandate in Haiti besides President Martelly (whose term finishes in mid-2016).  The problem is that Haiti's president and legislature were unable to put together an electoral committee to run elections.  Why?  Of course, we have our opinion (which we shouldn't post on a blog)!  How is the government currently functioning? The answer is by the decree of the president.   President Martelly recently chose a new Prime Minister who was automatically confirmed in office since no parliament existed to approve him.  As you can imagine, any decision made by a president under such conditions will be considered invalid by his political adversaries.  For this reason, Port-au-Prince has been roiled by almost daily demonstrations which, for the most part, have been peaceful and well-organized.  Pray that President Martelly and his political adversaries can come to some agreement so that elections can be held and the country can move forward.