What I would say is that there's a lot of fatigue out there amongst the population with the political process. Some Haitian friends are even telling me in private, “Let them all go and we'll just manage this ourselves.” That's how much people are fed up.
There's a real sense of insecurity. Every Haitian I know knows somebody who has been kidnapped and thinks they're next, and that is not a nice sword of Damocles to live under. What we need is patience. We need to accept that Haitian politics has its own rhythm. We need to make sure that our own impatience as foreigners doesn't get the better of us, and let them chart a path forward together.
Dates are important. February 7 is an important date. It can be seen as a milestone that you try to negotiate something in advance of, but tomorrow is the 8th and that's also a good date for a political accord. The fact that it's not settled today doesn't matter as much to me as that the dialogue is ongoing.