Judicial Instability: Me Fritz Patterson Dorval Installed as Government Commissioner of Port-au-Prince
By Patrice Daniel Frederic · Port-au-Prince · · 1 min read · Updated 24 April 2026
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It's becoming a common occurrence: the constant changes at the Port-au-Prince prosecutor's office. After the revocation of Frantz Montclair, a brief tenure by Me Guy Alexis who couldn't even be installed, and the three weeks of Roosevelt Cadet, the Ministry of Justice appointed Me Fritz Patterson Dorval as the new administrator of the prosecutor's office for this jurisdiction.
His installation took place this Tuesday, September 16. This decision comes less than a month after Commissioner Roosevelt Cadet was installed, following the dismissal of Commissioner Frantz Montclair.
Me Dorval thus becomes the fourth Government Commissioner to hold this position in less than a month. As the new commissioner, he will have to tackle pressing issues, in a context where several personalities are in detention at the Central Directorate of Judicial Police for various cases.
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