Port-au-Prince court's primary registry ledger reportedly vanishes

The primary ledger (cahier primitif) of the greffe, or court registry, at the Court of First Instance of Port-au-Prince has reportedly disappeared, according to Le Nouvelliste. The outlet notes that nine years after it published an article denouncing the shortcomings and negligence of Haiti's court registries, the Port-au-Prince greffe appears to continue functioning under the same conditions. Described by the newspaper as the true memory of the court, the registry is said to be barely surviving. The report cites the recent criminal assizes held with jury assistance as a fresh illustration of the registry's difficulties. According to Le Nouvelliste, these criminal proceedings with jury assistance had not been organized for some time and were held three weeks before the article's publication. The outlet also references related cases, including the acquittal of Gatina Charlite in a trial over the killing of the father of her children, and the resumption of jury trials. Le Nouvelliste indicated the resumption of criminal proceedings with jury assistance was scheduled for July. Full details of how the ledger went missing were not available in the excerpt reviewed.