In the case between the Haitian State and Société Générale d'Energie S.A. (SOGENER), the persons invited by the acting Commissioner of the Government of Port-au-Prince Me Jacques Lafontant, to present on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 to 10:00 am : former ministers Frantz Vérella and Daniel Dorsainvil, Serge Raphaël former director of EDH, Élizabeth Débrosse Préval, shareholder in SOGENER and Jean Marie Vorbe, Dimitri Vorbe, Réginald Vorbe Fils and lawyer Roger Lefèvre members of board of directors of SOGENER, for the second time did not show up...

Jean Marie Vorbe, the CEO of SOGENER S.A. in a press note explains "Following the invitation with threats to the prosecution by the acting Commissioner of the Government at the Court of First Instance of Port-au-Prince https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29361-haiti-sogener-ultimate-invitation-of-the-office-of-public-prosecutor-to-jean-marie-vorbe.html , Jean Marie Vorbe, Dimitri Vorbe, Roger Lefèvre, Réginald Vorbe and Elisabeth Débrosse Preval, respectful of the justice, responded, at the initiative of their lawyers, by the signification to the Commissioner of the Government, by bailiff, of an exploit of summons [postponement] before the Dean, guardian of liberty individual.

The hearing on this preventive remedy guaranteed in particular by the 1987 Constitution and the American Convention on Human Rights is fixed, by order of the Dean, Thursday, November 28 from ten o'clock in the morning."

Following the absence of the persons invited for the second time, the acting Commissioner of the Government issued a warrant against all concerned and instructed the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (CSPJ) to seek these people and to present them at the Parquet.

For Me Camille Leblanc, the lawyer of the former minister Verellale "[...] the Commissioner of Government abuses. He let himself be dragged into acts of flagrant violation of the law [...] I think that any Government besides the one who commanded [...] would have separated from him [...] "

Wednesday morning on a radio of the capital, the acting Commissioner of the Government, Jacques Lafontant rejected the allegation that it is instrumentalized by President Moïse in this case, saying "the President has never spoken to me even a times from the Sogener case. The Minister of Justice no longer. There have never been any particular instructions in this case [...]"

Also read the Judicial Saga : State vs. SOGENER :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29374-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29361-haiti-sogener-ultimate-invitation-of-the-office-of-public-prosecutor-to-jean-marie-vorbe.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29336-haiti-flash-the-state-retakes-possession-of-the-power-plants-managed-by-the-sogener.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29329-haiti-justice-the-sogener-did-not-appear-at-the-palace-of-justice.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29269-haiti-state-against-sogener-the-public-prosecutor-launches-a-wave-of-invitations-for-hearings.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29242-haiti-justice-the-haitian-state-complains-against-sogener-and-other-personalities.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29202-haiti-saga-the-sogener-sends-a-summons-to-the-state.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29198-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29186-haiti-justice-the-state-asks-the-brh-to-suspend-the-letter-of-credit-in-favor-of-sogener.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29168-haiti-justice-the-state-wants-to-recover-$123m-from-sogener.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29135-haiti-energy-the-state-hires-several-cabinets-of-lawyers-to-defend-its-interests.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29083-haiti-flash-the-state-suspends-all-payments-to-private-electricity-companies.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29068-haiti-flash-jean-marie-vorbe-the-ceo-of-sogener-counter-attack.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29064-haiti-politic-the-sogener-refuses-to-pay-the-194-million-claimed-by-the-bmpad.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29041-haiti-flash-the-bmpad-claims-$194m-to-sogener-sa-but-what-is-the-reality.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29035-haiti-politic-the-government-takes-measures-to-improve-the-distribution-of-electricity.html

SL/ HaitiLibre