Summary of the CSCCA judgment of 2016-06-26: Recours exercé par le sieur Frantz Pierre-Paul, chargé de mission au Ministère du Commerce et de l’Industrie (MCI) contre la decision de résiliation d
Summary: The court's published summary of its judgment of 2016-06-26 in the following case: Recours exercé par le sieur Frantz Pierre-Paul, chargé de mission au Ministère du Commerce et de l’Industrie (MCI) contre la decision de résiliation de son contrat de services par le Ministre Jude Hervé Day.. 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
- The 26 June 2016 administrative decision reviewed the termination of Frantz Pierre-Paul's service contract as mission officer at MCI/CDDE.
- The contract signed on 20 November 2014 ran for 10 months through 30 September 2015 and article 18 listed grounds for automatic termination without indemnity.
- Pierre-Paul argued on 6 August 2015 that MCI, not he, had breached the contract and that he had not been paid during execution.
- The case was heard on 7 January 2016, with the petitioner seeking annulment, reassignment, August-September 2015 pay, 13th month pay, express renewal and better working conditions.
- The Auditorat and instructor found the Court competent and the action admissible, rejecting state objections over addressee, NIF, CIN and lawyer signature.
- The Court annulled the 3 August 2015 termination decision as contrary to article 187 of the public-function decree and article 18 of the contract, ordered arrears for August-September 2015, and rejected reassignment and renewal because the contract had expired.
How to cite
Superior Court of Accounts and Administrative Disputes (CSCCA), Summary of the CSCCA judgment of 2016-06-26: Recours exercé par le sieur Frantz Pierre-Paul, chargé de mission au Ministère du Commerce et de l’Industrie (MCI) contre la decision de résiliation d, https://cscca.gouv.ht/