The National Council of the Magistracy (CNM) held the first hearing to choose four Constitiutional Court judges. The sessions will be held for four days and are presided by President Luis Abinader or Vice President Raquel Peña. The sessions are streamed live. 65 aspirants are being interviewed. They have five minutes to present the reasons why they seek the positions. The members of the CNM then have 15 minutes to ask questions. The plan is to announce the new Constitutional Court members by next week.
The CNM will also decide whether judge Francisco Ortega will continue at the Supreme Court.
For seven hours on Thursday, 14 January, the CNM met for the first 20 interviews to fill the Constitutional Court’s four vacancies. Legal advisor to the President, Antoliano Peralta, who is the spokesman for the CNM, said the participants in the assessment...
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