Following the decision on Friday, of members of the Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSPJ) to resume the process of appointing of 3members of the Judiciary, to serve on the Permanent Electoral Council (CEP), Me Carlos Hercules, the President of Bars Federation of Haiti (FBH), wondered about the mechanism of removal of members of the CSPJ already installed to the CEP.

"[...] I am tempted to say that it is a good decision, but I have reserves concerning the mechanism that will use, either the CSPJ or the Presidency, to ask people who already exercise their function of adviser to the Permanent Electoral Council of 6 members, to release seats.

The whole problem is at this level, how to release the seats? It is true that on Friday, the CSPJ decided by a public vote to reconsider the designation decision, confirmed onAugust 7, 2012, but now the whole question is how to release the seats ? Is that the Presidency of the Republic, will make an order referring the one who officially named the three designated of CSPJ ? Is that the CSPJ has the power to say to these people to release the seats to enable them to resume the process from the 12 names ? Is that the 3 nominees, who were sworn in, which now are electoral advisers, will be eligible to participate in the vote that the CSPJ will do ? [in principle tomorrow Tuesday].

There are many interrogations and this situation puts the FBH in a rather delicate situation to decide the resolution it had taken, concerning the recall of its representative within the CSPJ [...] the condition of return of our representative [Me Nehemy Joseph] in the CSPJ, was conditioned to the publication of a decree annulling the one who named the 6 members that compose currently the CEP.

Well, there's certainly a big change with Friday's decision, the Assembly of the barrister met on Monday to make an assessment of the situation and determine the return or not, of its representative within the CSPJ..."

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-6705-haiti-justice-the-president-of-the-cspj-gave-way-under-the-pressure.html

SL/ HaitiLibre