Summary of the CSCCA judgment of 2015-06-05: Affaire relative à l’audit de la gestion financière de la Mairie de Saint-Marc
Summary: The court's published summary of its judgment of 2015-06-05 in the following case: Affaire relative à l’audit de la gestion financière de la Mairie de Saint-Marc. 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
- The 5 June 2015 decision sanctioned Saint-Marc city hall financial management for October 2006 to September 2014.
- The case was heard on 21 May 2015 and relied on an April 2015 audit report covering current-account spending and inventory.
- The audit first identified 16 unjustified checks totaling 6.749784 million gourdes, then a subsequent review reduced the unsupported set to 9 checks totaling 3.053443 million gourdes.
- The Auditorat asked the Court to discharge the councils serving from 2006 to 2012 and to order personal appearance for the 2012-2014 officials.
- The Court ultimately discharged Etienne Guillaume and consorts, Baunars Charles and consorts, and several 2012-2014 officials.
- It issued a debit judgment against Jean Rony Eugene and cashier-paymaster Barnel Archedou for 1.633443 million gourdes, with restitution, asset freeze and legal mortgage maintenance.
How to cite
Superior Court of Accounts and Administrative Disputes (CSCCA), Summary of the CSCCA judgment of 2015-06-05: Affaire relative à l’audit de la gestion financière de la Mairie de Saint-Marc, https://cscca.gouv.ht/