The CG of PAP refuses to leave his post

The installation of Me Frantz Monclair, the new Commissioner of the Government a.i (CG) of Port-au-Prince scheduled for Monday, January 13, 2025, did not take place. Me Bourgoin, the current Government Commissioner, believes that he cannot leave his post for another while he sits on the Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSPJ), relying on Article 10 of the law creating the CSPJ which stipulates: "The magistrates who are members of the CSPJ cannot be appointed to another judicial post, even on an equal basis, during the entire exercise of their mandate at the CSPJ, except by resigning prior to the appointment procedure." Adding "I am not attached to a job but I am attached to respecting the law and procedure [...] It is not by changing the Government Commissioner that the legal problems will be resolved [...]"

Canada unable to deport a Haitian criminal

The Canadian Government has been unable for 13 years to deport a Haitian Samuel Jean-Baptiste (39 years old) a violent repeat offender, under notice of deportation for serious criminality in 2011. Since that time, Samuel Jean-Baptiste has multiplied appeals to avoid being deported. Three weeks ago, a federal court judge suspended his deportation to Haiti.

Corruption : Edwin Tonton wins in the Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal of Port-au-Prince overturns the order of the investigating judge Jean Wilner Morin relating to the corruption case involving the former Director of the Social Assistance Fund, Edwin Tonton and other employees concerned, for lack of evidence.

Voltaire to respond to Fanmi Lavalas ultimatum

Following the ultimatum issued by the Fanmi Lavalas board of directors to Leslie Voltaire, President pro tempore of the Transitional Council, giving him until January 15 to decide on the situation of the advisors indicted in the BNC corruption scandal, Leslie Voltaire responded that a response will be given this Tuesday, January 14, 2025.

The 17 Colombian "mercenaries" heard at the Court of Appeal

On Monday, January 13, 2025, following the appeal of the order of the investigating judge Walter Wesser Voltaire referring them to the Criminal Court with the assistance of a jury, the 17 former Colombian soldiers who played a role in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse were heard at the Court of Appeal of Port-au-Prince.

Reminder : "Giving Voice to Young People in Haiti" competition

The Economic and Social Assistance Fund (FAES), that registration for the "Giving Voice to Young People in Haiti" competition launched in early December 2024 ends on January 20, 2025. All the details in https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-43761-haiti-social-young-actors-of-change-contest-applications-open.html

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