Summary of the CSCCA judgment of 2006-06-19: Affaire relative à la demande de décharge du sieur Jean-Claude Sanon exgouverneur de la Banque de la République d’Haïti (BRH) pour la période allant d
Summary: The court's published summary of its judgment of 2006-06-19 in the following case: Affaire relative à la demande de décharge du sieur Jean-Claude Sanon exgouverneur de la Banque de la République d’Haïti (BRH) pour la période allant du 2 juin 1985 au 26 février 1986. The court sat in its financial jurisdiction. The summary gives the facts, the texts applied and the operative ruling. The court publishes these summaries rather than the judgments themselves, and they are most of what is publicly available of Haitian financial and administrative case law.
Key Findings
- CSCCA ruled in its financial jurisdiction on Jean-Claude Sanon's request for discharge as former Governor of the Banque de la République d'Haïti.
- Sanon's management period ran from 2 June 1985 to 26 February 1986, and he left office on 27 February 1986.
- He was appointed BRH Governor on 20 June 1985 and later submitted discharge requests in August 1988 and on 29 December 1995, followed by a petition dated 14 April 2004.
- The auditorat considered that Sanon had the status of public-funds accountant and that only CSCCA could grant discharge and release him from charges owed to the state.
- The Court noted that under article 243 of the constitution in force, more than twenty years had elapsed from the end of his service on 27 February 1986 to the judgment date of 19 June 2006.
- The Court declared that Sanon benefited from the twenty-year prescription and recommended that the Council grant him discharge and order release and cancellation of mortgage inscriptions on his property in favor of the state.
How to cite
Superior Court of Accounts and Administrative Disputes (CSCCA), Summary of the CSCCA judgment of 2006-06-19: Affaire relative à la demande de décharge du sieur Jean-Claude Sanon exgouverneur de la Banque de la République d’Haïti (BRH) pour la période allant d, https://cscca.gouv.ht/