The torch continues to burn between the bar and the prosecutor’s office of Cayes. Indeed, the head of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Mr. Ronald Richemond, in a responsive letter dated Wednesday, June 22, 2022, reframed the Bar Association of the 3rd city of the country, having wished to hear him through his disciplinary council on Friday, June 24, 2022, around the facts and abuses that are reproached to him by the council of the Bar Association.
48 hours before this date, the government commissioner Ronald Richemond, in response to the lawyers, described the invitation letter from the bar as manifestly inelegant, not without mentioning that the government commissioner is a lawyer in incompatibility who no longer falls under the order of lawyers of Cayes, with regard to the decree of March 29, 1979, regulating the profession of lawyer, wrote Mr. Richemond.
Further on, the head of the Cayes government indicated that he does not intend to appear and in fact, will not appear before the disciplinary committee of the Cayes bar, as the lawyers would have wished. This, because of the defects of form and substance contained in their letter of invitation, he mentioned.
It should be noted that in the letter of the Bar of Cayes, the senders denied mentioning the title of government commissioner before Ronald Richemond, not considering the recipient in this capacity. On the other hand, the CG was rather reassured, basing himself on the unwavering support of a good part of the Cayenne population and the actions he has taken against infractions in his jurisdiction.
The CG of Cayes concluded his letter by declaring his availability to meet with the lawyers at a new date in order to engage in discussions.
It must be said that after the long work stoppage of court clerks throughout the country in recent months, the assault by bandits against the Port-au-Prince courthouse occupied since June 10, and the blatant impunity that goes with it, the blockages in the jurisdictions of the deep south, particularly that of Cayes, have added to the list of ills that plague the country’s judicial system. To the detriment, of course, of those incarcerated, who do not even have the opportunity to defend their case or to appear before a judge. In flagrant violation of their rights.