P-au-P., February 21, 2024 [AlterPresse] — 30 magistrates were certified, 12 others not certified in particular for “lack of moral integrity, abuse of authority, extortion of litigants and lack of ethics” out of 60 files examined, according to the results of the magistrates’ certification operations , made public this week by the Superior Council of the Judicial Power (Cspj) [[1] and which the online agency AlterPresse became aware of.
The dean of the Côteaux civil court (South department), magistrate Gérald Exantus, is excluded “for deficient academic studies” according to the archives of the Jacmel Law School (ordinary session 1992).
The titular judge at the Saint Michel de l’Attalaye peace court (Artibonite department), magistrate Garbens Désir, much criticized, is dismissed for ransoming litigants.
The Cspj did not certify the judge and investigating judge at the civil court of Cap-Haitien (North department), magistrate Luc André, for “lack of ethics and absence of moral integrity”.
Most of the uncertified magistrates worked in peace courts.
Among the certified magistrates, eight magistrates are part of the civil courts and around twenty others are part of the peace courts.
Furthermore, 18 remaining magistrates’ files require further investigation, according to the minutes of the Technical Certification Commission (Ctc), sent to the de facto holder of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Mjsp), Emmelie Prophet Milce.
In separate notes, the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights (Rnddh) and the Bright eye foundation (Fjkl) had called on the judicial authorities to investigate and carry out judicial follow-ups on the files of 28 magistrates, most of them highly criticized and not certified in January 2023 for lack of moral integrity, among others, by the Cspjfollowing an extract from the minutes concerning the latest certification operations of magistrates, made public on Monday January 16, 2023.
In a memorandum dated Thursday February 23, 2023, the technical secretariat of the Superior Council of the Judicial Power (Cspj) urged all heads of courts to prohibit the 28 uncertified magistrates, since January 16, 2023, from taking their seats or exercising any function relating to the judiciary
[[1] List of Magistrates certified in February 2024:
1 – Magistrate Sagine BEAUZILE, Deputy Judge at the Camp-Perrin Peace Court;
2 – Magistrate Garry COUPETTE, Deputy Judge at the Delmas Peace Court;
3 – Magistrate Ulrick DESTIN, Deputy Judge at the Désarmes Peace Court;
4 – Magistrate Dieuna GUAY, Deputy Judge at the Jérémie Peace Court;
5 – Magistrate Abner HYPPOLITE, Deputy Judge at the Peace Court of Port-au-Prince (South Section);
6 – Magistrate Jean Ilnor LABONTÉ, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Jérémie;
7 – Magistrate Esther LEBRETON, Deputy Judge at the Gonaïves Peace Court (South Section);
8 – Magistrate Elie Camille ARMAND, Deputy Judge at the Peace Court of Cayes-Jacmel;
9 – Magistrate Pierre MOMPREMIER, titular judge at the Fort-Liberté Peace Court;
10 – Magistrate Paul TARTE, titular Judge at the Peace Court of Les Cayes;
11 – Magistrate Eubert TREISMA, titular judge at the Marmelade Peace Court;
12 – Magistrate Dieudonné HILAIRE, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Croix-des-Bouquets
13 – Magistrate Leoster LOUIS, Judge and Investigating Magistrate at the Court of First Instance of Hinche;
14 – Magistrate Julio Junior DAMAS, Siege Judge at the Court of First Instance of Côteaux;
15 – Magistrate Esdrasse DUVERGLAS, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Hinche;
16 – Magistrate Nicoleta Dieudonné JOSEPH, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Gonaïves;
17 – Magistrate Hermann SIMON, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Hinche;
18 – Magistrate Marie Mercie D. JEAN-BAPTISTE, Acting President of the Court of Appeal of Hinche;
19 – Magistrate Wilson CHARLES, Deputy Judge at the Court of Peace of Cap-Haitien (North Section);
20 – Magistrate Modler CADET, Deputy Judge at the Peace Court of Les Cayes;
21 – Magistrate Wesnel THÉLÉMAQUE, Deputy Judge at the Marigot Peace Court;
22 – Magistrate Herb Thomas ELYSéE, Deputy Judge at the Court of Peace of Jérémie;
23 – Magistrate Marie Claude Alfred MICHEL, Deputy Judge at the Gros-Morne Peace Court;
24 – Magistrate Dieunis MEUS, Deputy Judge at the Court of Peace of Fort-Liberté;
25 – Magistrate François COLAS, Deputy Judge at the Court of Peace of Fort-Liberté;
26 – Magistrate Evens LEVêQUE, titular judge at the Cité Soleil Peace Court;
27 – Magistrate Juslin ISRAЛL, Deputy Judge at the Court of Peace of Fort-Liberté;
28 – Magistrate Cantave JEAN, Deputy Judge at the Hinche Peace Court;
29 – Magistrate Marie Edvard Jean-Philippe ADAM, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Gonaïves (Special Court for Children);
30 – Magistrate Lexander DORILAS, Dean ai. of the Court of First Instance of Mirebalais.
List of Magistrates not certified in February 2024:
1 – Magistrate Placide Duvelson, Deputy Judge at the Cornillon Peace Court. Reason: much criticized, lack of moral integrity;
2 – Magistrate Stuva BARBIER, Deputy Judge at the Court of Peace of Petite Rivière de Nippes. Reason: much criticized, lack of moral integrity and extortion of litigants;
3 – Magistrate Steeve CADET, Deputy Judge at the Jérémie Peace Court. Reason: much criticized, lack of moral integrity and abuse of authority;
4 – Magistrate Gesner MONTINÉ, Deputy Judge at the Camp-Perrin Peace Court. Reason: much criticized, ransom of litigants;
5 – Magistrate Gérald EXANTUS, Dean of the Côteaux Court of First Instance. Reason: deficient academic study with regard to the archives of the Jacmel Law School: ordinary session 1992;
6 – Magistrate Gabenel FRANÇOIS, Judge and Investigating Judge at the Court of First Instance of Saint-Marc. Reason: much criticized;
7 – Magistrate Renaud HONORÉ, Deputy Judge at the Terrier-Rouge Peace Court. Reason: much criticized, ransom of litigants and involvement in a case of sexual assault followed by payment of money to the victim;
8 – Magistrate Wisly CILES, Deputy Judge at the Court of Peace of Saint Michel de l’Attalaye. Much criticized motive, extortion of litigants and lack of ethics;
9 – Magistrate Edoualdo PERARD, Deputy Judge at the Marmelade Peace Court. Reason: much criticized, multiple misdeeds characterized by the extortion of litigants, serious ethical problems and academic insufficiency;
10 – Magistrate Garbens DéSIR, titular Judge at the Court of Peace of Saint Michel de l’Attalaye. Reason: much criticized, ransom of litigants;
11 – Magistrate Gabener CHARLES, Deputy Judge at the Peace Court of Les Cayes. Reason: much criticized, extortion of litigants and lack of ethics;
12 – Magistrate Luc ANDRÉ, Judge and Investigating Judge at the Court of First Instance of Cap-Haïtien. Reason: lack of ethics and lack of moral integrity.
