Former Haitian prime minister asks court to overturn Canadian sanctions against him
Haiti’s unelected prime minister has called for an international military intervention to allow for humanitarian aid and to create the conditions for an election. The U.S. has said Canada would be an ideal country to lead such a force.
But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said Ottawa does not want to lead yet another failed intervention in Haiti, after numerous United Nations operations meant to stabilize the country.Story continues below advertisement Foreign Minister Melanie Joly had Lamothe sanctioned on Nov. 17, along with two others whom Ottawa accused of “using their status as current or previous public office holders to protect and enable the illegal activities of armed criminal gangs, including through money laundering and other acts of corruption.”
Lamothe publicly disputed being sanctioned after he learned the news on social media, arguing he had worked to limit organized crime in Haiti during his term as prime minister, from mid-2012 to late 2014. His lawyer now argues in French-language filings that “the decision to add the applicant’s name to the schedule was made contrary to the principles of natural justice and procedural fairness.”
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