The Supreme Court of Justice appointed 12 new judges to Santo Domingo courts, confirmed two of the presently working judges, and retired three others. The new judges are Ignacio Pascual Camacho Hidalgo, Manuel del Socorro Pérez García, Juan Hirohito Reyes, Modesto Antonio Martínez Mejía, Pedro Antonio Sánchez Rivera, Kattia Miguelina Jiménez., Nancy María Joaquín Guzmán, Carmen Altagracia Fortuna Belliard, Francisco Ortega Polanco, Hector Enrique Marchena Pérez, Ysis Nuñez Aponte, Eduardo Sánchez Ortiz. The retired judges are Maria del Rosario Cuello Paradis, Juan Maria Severino and Francia Concepción Martínez. Julio César Canó Alfau and Bienvenida Belliard were confirmed in their posts. The judges were chosen from a pre-selection of 30 that resulted from the evaluation of 169 candidates during the end of March testing of lawyers. The judges are provisional, as they will not be confirmed in their posts until Congress passes the judicial career bill. They will remain in their posts for a period of seven years, prior to being given permanent jobs until mandatory retirement age at 70 or 75 or their earlier retirement.
