IGF Mission Summary: Mission de vérification des chèques de pension de M. Hermann Édouard à la direction départementale du Centre du MEF
Summary: The Inspection Générale des Finances' published summary of its mission on mission de vérification des chèques de pension de M. Hermann Édouard à la direction départementale du Centre du MEF. The IGF's summaries give the mission's subject, its findings and its recommendations; the full report is not published. The document carries no publication date. 2010 is the latest year the document itself refers to, so it is a floor — the mission cannot predate it — and not a publication date read off a cover.
Key Findings
- IGF verified pension checks for Hermann Edouard at the MEF Centre Departmental Directorate after irregularities and verbal denunciations during a December 2009 audit.
- MEF requested IGF intervention after reports of irregular practices with checks for a pensioner presumed deceased.
- IGF found Hermann Edouard was a Haitian state pensioner and had died on 25 August 2008, but his death was not declared and checks continued to be delivered.
- Checks from October to December 2008 were recovered by DDC secretary Pierrela Menthor, while checks from January to October 2009 were delivered to Felima Jean Pierre with alleged help from Menthor.
- The November 2009 check was blocked, and checks for November and December 2009 and January to April 2010 were returned to the Civil Pension Directorate.
- IGF issued an unfavorable opinion on management of the checks, identified serious failures in pension-check controls, and recommended cancellation, reimbursement, temporary direct DPC distribution, BRH referral for COTECH, disciplinary measures and broader reform of pension-check distribution.
How to cite
General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF), 2010, IGF Mission Summary: Mission de vérification des chèques de pension de M. Hermann Édouard à la direction départementale du Centre du MEF, https://igf.gouv.ht/