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The People of Haiti demand accountability, Finance Minister tells new Anti-Corruption Boss Claudy Gassant

Posted on Thursday, December 5, 2019

Ministre Joseph Jouthe, Maitre Claudy Gassant - ULCC

Ministre Joseph Jouthe, Haiti's finance minister made sure to remind Maitre Claudy Gassant, the new boss of the anti-corruption unit ULCC that he took the job at a moment when the people of Haiti are incessantly demanding accountability.

Speaking at the installation ceremony of Maitre Claudy Gassant, Ministre Joseph Jouthe invited the new Director General of ULCC to fight the most decried cases of corruption in Haiti by putting in place mechanisms to discourage people from practicing corruption.

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Maitre Claudy Gassant appointed director General of Haiti Anti-Corruptoin Unit ULCC

Posted on Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Maitre Claudy Gassant

Maitre Claudy Gassant is the new director General of Haiti's Anti-Coruption Unit -- Unité de Lutte Contre la Corruption (ULCC). Maitre Claudy Gassant was installed on the same day, December 03, 2019.

The Presidential Order (arrêté présidentiel) naming Claudy Gassant Directeur General is dated November 27, 2019 and was published on November 29th.

Claudy Gassant, former government commissioner of Port-au-Prince, replaces David Bazile in this post.

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OAS to spend USD 17.7 million to fight corruption in Haiti

Posted on Sunday, September 22, 2019

Kote Kob PetroCaribe a? Steven Benoit, Rene Preval, Jude Celestin

The Organization of American States (OAS) has decided to support a program to fight against corruption in Haiti with a technical and financial assistance of $ 17.7 million.

According to Haitian newspaper Le Nouvellsite, the mechanism that the OAS will use to support the fight against corruption in the country is not yet known. However, Bocchit Edmond the Haitian Minister of Foreign Affairs said OAS has already approved a $ 17.7 million envelope

I am not Corrupt, President Jovenel Moise says, may the Justice system do its job!

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The 'Contrebande' problem in Plateau Central Haiti comes from Port-au-Prince, Senator Rony Celestin said

Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Haiti Senator Rony Celestin on the Senate Floor

Haitian Senator Rony Celestin says the root the contraband problem at the Haiti-Dominican borders in the Centre Department of Haiti lies within the rich businessmen in Port-au-Prince making huge profits from it while it's the poor people of the Plateau Central who are the target.

According to Senator Rony Celestin, certain members of the bourgeoisie are making millions in profit from contraband with the complicity of Customs directors, crooked police and crooked customs agents but it's the little guy trying to survive who gets in trouble.

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