The dean of the Law School of the UASD state university, Antonio Medina Calcaño, warned that members of the National Business Council (Conep) should not be able to propose candidates for the replacement for the Supreme Court of Justice. Interviewed on La Super 7 en la Mañana radio talk show on 107.7FM, the university professor said that there could be conflicts of interests in their recommended candidates.
He said the same criticism that is valid when people say that judges should be apolitical should be applied to judges not having ties to private business interests. Medina said that capacity and separation from economic and political party conflicts of interests should prevail in the choice of the judges. He said it could be damaging that the business sector has its favorite judges because many cases are heard by the Court that involve business interests.
The receiving of proposals for four Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) judges and 5 Superior Electoral Court (TSE) judges and their replacements are open through 1 July 2017. Of the four Supreme Court judges, three need to be career judges.
27 June 2017
