Haiti - Justice : Elections to the Bar of Port-au-Prince
Friday, September 30, Me Carlos Hercules was elected for a term of two years, with 157 votes on 206, new president of the Bar Association of Port-au-Prince. Me Hercule replaces the outgoing President of the Bar Me Gervais Charles, who was finishing his third consecutive term.
Me Carlos Hercule considered as a gatherer, had launched his campaign, on Thursday, July 21, 2011, on the themes of the unit, of the competence and of dynamism, promising to work to put the Bar of Port-au-Prince on the road of renewal and of the modernity.
Among his objectives we can mention : the staffing of the Bar of Port-au-Prince of an institute of mediation and conciliation, the organization of a contest of eloquence (speaking competition) for the students lawyers, the revision of the rules of the Bar School in order to admit students-lawyers and not the trainee lawyers and the reconstruction of the library.
