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Sonia Diaz Ynoa, Napoleon Ricardo Estevez Lavandier, Armi Ferreira, Amaury Reyes and Fidias Federico Aristy Payano / Listin Diario

The National Council of the Magistracy chose Napoleón Ricardo Estévez Lavandier, Fidias Federico Aristy Payano, Amaury Reyes, Sonia Díaz Ynoa and Armi Ferreira for nine year terms in the Constitutional Court, the court of last resort in the Dominican Republic. Their terms begins on 16 December 2023.

The decision of the judges adds two women judges to the three already in the 13-member court. The women judges are the two new – Sonia Diaz Ynoa and Armi Ferreira, and the three current women judges Alba Luisa Beard Marcos, Maria del Carmen Santana and Eunisis Vasquez Acosta.

The court also chose Miguel Aníbal Valera as first substitute judge and Eunice...