Thanks to Dr. John Carroll for tweeting the link to this Miami Herald report by Jacqueline Charles: A judicial crisis erupts in Haiti. It's a political story, but politics can affect public health in many ways. Excerpt:
While Haiti President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe made the rounds in New York this week, a judicial crisis erupted at home with the firing of a chief prosecutor, the swearing-in of another and an alleged resignation in less than 24 hours.
Former Chief Prosecutor for Port-au-Prince Jean Renel Senatus said Haiti’s Justice Minister Jean Renel Sanon fired him Thursday because he refused to execute an order to arrest 36 government opponents.
Senatus also said that Josue Pierre-Louis, a presidential legal advisor and head of the six-member electoral council, asked him to serve warrants against two attorneys — Newton St. Juste and Andre Michel — who have brought corruption complaints against the presidential family and members of Haiti’s government.
“I told him, ‘No, I don’t have a case against them in my hand,’ ’’ Senatus said. “It’s not democratic. It’s not democracy.”
