The investigating judge Marthel Jean Claude has ordered the arrest and referral to the criminal court of former senator Youri Latortue "for misappropriation of public funds and illegal conflict of interest," and former Senate President Joseph Lambert to the correctional court for obstruction of justice, learned Le Nouvelliste from a judicial source on Wednesday, June 21, 2022.

The investigating judge Marthel Jean Claude has ordered, explained the source, the referral of former senator Youri Latortue "to the Court of First Instance of Port-au-Prince, exercising its criminal jurisdiction without a jury, for misappropriation of public funds and illegal conflict of interest, acts provided for and punished by Articles 5.1 and 5.13 of the law of March 12, 2014 on prevention and repression of corruption," and Joseph Lambert, former President of the Senate of the Republic, "to the Court of First Instance of Port-au-Prince, exercising its correctional jurisdiction, to be judged for obstruction of justice, acts provided for and punished by Article 21 of the law of March 12, 2014 on prevention and repression of corruption," learned Le Nouvelliste from a judicial source.