Assassination of the Haitian president: the examining magistrate relinquishes the case
A person holds a photo of the late Haitian President Jovenel Moise during his funeral in Cap-Haitien, July 23, 2021. REUTERS - RICARDO ARDUENGO
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The country is still plunged into uncertainty more than a month after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse at his home by an armed commando.
And shedding light on this attack will not be easy: barely chosen, the investigating judge announced that he was abandoning the case.
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With our correspondent in Port-au-Prince,
Amélie Baron
Four days after being appointed, Judge Mathieu Chanlatte formally signaled to the Port-au-Prince court of first instance that he was withdrawing from the case for “
personal convenience
”.
This quick waiver is no surprise to the president of the Haitian Magistrates Association, Judge Jean Wilner Morin.
"
I had said that it would not be easy or obvious for magistrate Chanlatte to lead this case when we know that he still has the same car and that he does not have other security agents who have been attached to him. his service.
It is in a small square at the level of the first instance court of Port-au-Prince, he
says
.
Where the tribunal is housed, armed gangs are in the vicinity, so it is very difficult for a magistrate to complete such a case under such difficult conditions.
"
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To listen and to read also: Haiti: judge Mathieu Chanlatte will have to "show a lot of courage"
The highly political scope of the file obviously complicates the task of the judiciary, which is highly dependent in Haiti on the executive power.
Who ordered the attack in which Jovenel Moïse was killed and his wife shot and wounded, but where no police officer
in charge of the
president's
security
was hit?
The mystery remains unsolved.
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To read also: Haiti: a month later, where is the investigation into the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse?
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