Its members demanded that the judicial institutions and the Anti-Corruption Unit continue their efforts to investigate the management of Gamall Augustin and his team, including the administrator and owner of the company, Harlem Michel.

According to André Frasmé and Nancy Marcelin, general secretaries of SEME, large sums of money were embezzled under the management of Augustin and Michel.

Both – according to the complainants quoted by the newspaper Le Facteur Haiti – disappeared financial resources intended for apprentices.

They referred to the allocation of fuel for eight sites, when in fact two are operating.

In addition, the amounts disbursed for the purchase of equipment and television programming disappeared without explanation, the unionists pointed out.

Subcontracted workers with signed work contracts did not receive their salaries for a year, despite an operating budget.

They also denounced the signing of juicy agreements outside the norms, signed with the telecommunications companies Digicel and Natcom, as well as with other institutions in the country.

The authorities should also act in the case of employees who live outside the country, and continue to receive their salaries, while those who work here are not valued, the unionists stressed.

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