PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSPJ) has suspended Choose Merlan Bélabre for 3 months following complaints regarding a case wherein a college principal raped a minor.
In a letter despatched to the choose, the President of the CSPJ, Jean Joseph Lebrun, mentioned the choice to droop him adopted an investigation into his ruling and that “it was determined, on the statutory assembly of Thursday, January 16, 2025, to position you on go away for 3 (3) months pending your look earlier than the Disciplinary Courtroom which can rule definitively in your state of affairs”.
The January 17 letter was additionally copied to the Dean of the Courtroom of First Occasion of Port-au-Prince and the Increased Council of the Judiciary Personnel Service.
The complaints encompass the choice of the choose to launch the principal of the varsity, who had been accused of raping a 14-year-old minor who turned pregnant consequently.
