PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) — Haitian president Michel Martelly has announced that a report on the political talks, held between his presidency and vital sectors of the society, has been drafted, as the formal discussions on the holding of crucial elections and other issues came to an end on Monday.

Martelly said the document will be submitted, in the next few days, to the council of ministers, the highest decision-making body of the Executive branch presided by the Haitian leader, for final discussions before release.

“The draft report is ready and we are going to discuss it at a council of government probably in the course of the week before making it public,” Martelly told journalists on Monday, following a session with representatives of peasant and women organizations.

Martelly engaged in political talks with a variety of political and civil society actors in a move to pave the way for the holding of a long-delayed vote to renew two thirds of the 30-member senate, the entire Lower Chamber and hundreds of local government entities.

Out of the 30 senate members, only 20 remain in office, given that the term of 10 of them had already come to end and that the balloting to replace them has yet to be held.

Amendments to an existing electoral law are required to facilitate the organization of the vote, but 6 recalcitrant opposition senators have persistently refused to attend the body’s sessions, preventing at the time the senate from reaching the 16-member quorum needed to hold a session, as they raised constitutional issues.

By January 12, next year, the Haitian parliament will become dysfunctional with only 10 senators left, while 16 is required to hold a session.

In the face of the continued refusal by the handful of senators to help pass the legislation, submitted to the senate assembly over 7 months ago, government officials have insinuated that president Martelly could be forced to govern by decree, given that there will no longer be a parliament to pass the needed electoral law and other legal instruments on different issues.

The debate about whether Martelly should govern by decree or allow law makers, who have been overwhelmingly unproductive, to remain in office beyond their constitutional term, rages on. A decision, by President Martelly on the issue, is expected before the end of the year.

Conflicting views as to what steps should be taken toward organizing the election have created a political stalemate which has determined Martelly to engage in new talks to seek broader consensus.

However, political hardliners from radical opposition have refused to take part in the discussions, as they try to overthrow elected officials through sometimes violent street demonstrations.

Several anti-government protesters, described as political prisoners by opposition leaders, have been arrested and detained over the past weeks, but government officials have repeatedly denied any involvement in their detention, arguing they were arrested on charges of having used violence during street demonstrations.

“When people are caught in the act of perpetrating violence in a demonstration and police arrest them, it is up to relevant judges to make a decision in their case,” said Michel Brunache, a spokesman for Haiti’s Prime minister, Laurent Lamothe.

“The government cannot, did not and will not interfere with the prerogatives of judicial authorities who are part of an independent power ,” Brunache told HCNN on Tuesday.