Summary of the CSCCA judgment of 2016-04-19: Recours exercé par la dame Nadège Tham contre la décision de révocation prise à son encontre par le directeur général de la Radio Nationale d’Haïti, M
Summary: The court's published summary of its judgment of 2016-04-19 in the following case: Recours exercé par la dame Nadège Tham contre la décision de révocation prise à son encontre par le directeur général de la Radio Nationale d’Haïti, Monsieur Harrison Ernest. The court sat in its administrative 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 Nadege Tham's appeal against her revocation by Radio Nationale d'Haiti director general Harrison Ernest.
- The revocation was based on alleged serious insubordination and abandonment of post.
- The Court rejected the defendant's objections of lack of jurisdiction and inadmissibility.
- Tham's petition was received at the registry on 6 August 2014 and was found to comply with the 90-day legal deadline from the 14 May 2014 revocation measure.
- The auditorat considered the revocation illegal and arbitrary, while the investigating judge considered Tham at fault and asked the Court not to grant her claims.
- The Court held that the administrative decision was not legally grounded or taken in the interest of the service, annulled the revocation, and ordered Tham's reinstatement as secretary of the Administrative Directorate with all benefits due.
How to cite
Superior Court of Accounts and Administrative Disputes (CSCCA), Summary of the CSCCA judgment of 2016-04-19: Recours exercé par la dame Nadège Tham contre la décision de révocation prise à son encontre par le directeur général de la Radio Nationale d’Haïti, M, https://cscca.gouv.ht/