Thursday, former Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe back in Haiti, the hearing having been postponed due to travel abroad https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23938-haiti-news-zapping.html , responded to the invitation of Judge Jean-Wilner Morin in charge of investigating the murder of Alix Marie Junior Gassant and the disappearance of Joseph François Robert Marcello, the former director general of the National Commission of Public Procurement (CNMP)

For more than 2 hours Laurent Lamothe, in the presence of one of his lawyer Me Mario Delcy answered all the questions of the Magistrate.

At the end of this hearing as a witness, Mario Delcy told reporters that his client "[...] has nothing to do, either near or far, with the disappearance of Joseph François Robert Marcello and the assassination of Alix Gassant "recalling that this assassination took place even before the installation of Laurent Lamothe as Prime Minister under the Martelly Government.

Recall that in this case, the Investigating Judge has already auditioned several political figures including : Deputy Garry Bodeau https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22490-haiti-news-zapping.html , former Prime Minister Jean Max Bellerive, Garry Conille and former presidential candidate Jude Celestin...

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23938-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-23909-icihaiti-justice-former-pm-laurent-lamothe-invited-to-appear-before-judge-morin.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22490-haiti-news-zapping.html

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