Summary of the CSCCA judgment of 2015-06-08: Affaire relative à la demande de décharge du sieur Jacky Lumarque exmembre du Comité National de la Route de l’Esclave pour la période allant du mois
Summary: The court's published summary of its judgment of 2015-06-08 in the following case: Affaire relative à la demande de décharge du sieur Jacky Lumarque exmembre du Comité National de la Route de l’Esclave pour la période allant du mois de mai 1998 au mois d’août 2000. 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 on Jacky Lumarque's discharge request as a former member of the National Committee of the Slave Route for May 1998 to August 2000.
- Lumarque had been appointed by orders of 2 December 1997 and 25 May 1998.
- In his letter to the Court president, Lumarque said he had not managed public funds and sought confirmation that he did not need to request discharge.
- One attestation from the committee president stated that Lumarque had not managed public-treasury funds as committee member.
- A second attestation from the Ministry of Education's directorate general stated that the committee had not managed funds from that ministry.
- The Court declared that Lumarque had not been a public accountant for the period and ordered the lifting of legal restrictions on his life and property.
How to cite
Superior Court of Accounts and Administrative Disputes (CSCCA), Summary of the CSCCA judgment of 2015-06-08: Affaire relative à la demande de décharge du sieur Jacky Lumarque exmembre du Comité National de la Route de l’Esclave pour la période allant du mois, https://cscca.gouv.ht/