Wednesday, The former Government Commissioner of Port-au-Prince, Me Claudy Gassant named in the official newspaper "Le Moniteur" N°203 on November 29, 2019 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29422-haiti-news-zapping.html Director General of the Unit for the Fight against Corruption (ULCC) has been revoked, 50 days after its installation (December 3, 2019 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29440-haiti-news-zapping.html ). Note that Me Gassant has been informed of his revocation on social networks...

He was replaced by Presidential Order dated January 22, 2020 by Me Rockefeller Vincent, originally from Cap-Haitien

According to Prime Minister Lapin, this decision taken in agreement with President Moïse was due to clashes between the ULCC and the Prosecutor's Office. A vague explanation while many other disturbing files, in the hands of Gassant, may be more the cause of his dismissal, among others : the open conflict with the Chancellery and in particular the complaint filed by the ULCC against Chancellor Edmond and the 2nd Secretary of the Embassy of Haiti in Santo Domingo Kerby Alcante Desormaux https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29613-haiti-flash-the-ulcc-files-a-complaint-against-chancellor-bocchit-edmond.html in the case of the scandal of corruption of diplomatic personnel in the Dominican Republic https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29569-haiti-flash-7-employees-of-diplomatic-staff-suspected-of-corruption-in-dr.html ; the refusal of State lawyers to let the ULCC investigate SOGENER in the case which opposes it with the State (note that this investigation had been requested from the ULCC on the Commission of the investigating judge of the Public Prosecutor's Office) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29670-haiti-news-zapping.html ), the ultimatum and threats concerning the filing of heritage declarations hhttps://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29735-haiti-politic-ulcc-ultimatum-for-asset-declarations.html the two arrests of diplomat Kerby Alcante at the instigation of the ULCC, for forgery and use of false https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29793-haiti-flash-arrest-of-the-2nd-secretary-of-the-embassy-of-haiti-in-dr.html and released twice by the Prosecutor's Office etc…

To be continued...

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29613-haiti-flash-the-ulcc-files-a-complaint-against-chancellor-bocchit-edmond.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29586-haiti-flash-the-chancellery-reframes-the-ulcc-in-the-case-of-corruption-of-diplomats-in-dr.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29569-haiti-flash-7-employees-of-diplomatic-staff-suspected-of-corruption-in-dr.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29487-haiti-justice-message-from-the-dg-of-the-unit-against-corruption.html

SL/ HaitiLibre