The Minister of Justice, Jean Renel Sanon, trivializes the revocation of Jean Renel Sénatus, Government Commissioner, that he describes of "miscellaneous facts" and suggests that it is a normal decision, when a Commissioner does not obtain the expected results.

"...I do not understand, I do not understand why all these words, we have 18 Commissioners government across the country and in each jurisdiction, we have a set of substitutes Commissioner. There are also Government Commissioner to the Court of Appeal, to the Court of Cassation, so all these Government Commissioner, depend of the Executive, of the Ministry of Justice [...]

Remove the Commissioner Sénatus, it is a miscellaneous facts. A miscellaneous facts, because I am the Minister of Justice, I was chosen by the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister to lead the Government's policy in term of justice and this, in relation with the overall plan they have for justice in the country [...]

I do not see the problem [...] you can work for a company, everyone may think you do a good job, but for the company, following its line and its objectives, it think that your presence within it, will not achieve its objectives [...]

The Prime Minister has chosen me to lead the penal policy of the Government in matters of justice precisely, but there are a number of issues that need to be done. You have to look in the jurisdiction, how policy against organized crime is conducted. If you do not find the results you're looking, it is quite normal that we change player. We can have a player who plays in a football team, but what he does, he dribbling only [...]"

The Senate Committee, Justice and Security convened for Monday, the Minister Jean Renel Sanon, to obtain explanations on the ransfers and changes made in the judiciary these last days. There is no doubt that he will have to provide explanations on the removal of the Commissioner Sénatus.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-6763-haiti-justice-me-jean-renel-senatus-provides-explanations.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-6752-haiti-flash-the-government-commissioner-jean-renel-senatus-is-replaced.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-6760-haiti-flash-me-elco-st-armand-renounces-to-his-position-after-24-hours.html

S/ HaitiLibre