Summary of the CSCCA judgment of 2016-02-29: Affaire relative à la demande de décharge du sieur Fritz Deshommes exDirecteur Général du Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances (MEF) pour la périod
Summary: The court's published summary of its judgment of 2016-02-29 in the following case: Affaire relative à la demande de décharge du sieur Fritz Deshommes exDirecteur Général du Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances (MEF) pour la période allant de novembre 1994 à août 1996. 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 29 February 2016 decision ruled on Fritz Deshommes's discharge as former Vice-Rector for Research and acting Rector at the State University of Haiti.
- The discharge request was dated 26 June 2015 and received by CSCCA on 29 June 2015.
- The verification commission reported on 13 January 2016 that Deshommes was not the ordonnateur, though he was treated as a de facto accountant during an interim for Rector Paquiot.
- Because of forced relocation after the January 2010 earthquake, all management documents could not be found.
- On verified transactions, the commission found nothing equivalent to theft or mismanagement.
- The Court granted full discharge for Deshommes as former Vice-Rector for 2003-2015 and former acting Rector for 2003-2004 and ordered release of legal mortgages.
How to cite
Superior Court of Accounts and Administrative Disputes (CSCCA), Summary of the CSCCA judgment of 2016-02-29: Affaire relative à la demande de décharge du sieur Fritz Deshommes exDirecteur Général du Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances (MEF) pour la périod, https://cscca.gouv.ht/