Servio Tulio Castaños, executive vice president of the Fundación Institucionalidad y Transparencia (Finjus) informed the press that 14 individuals who aspire to be elected to the Supreme Court of Justice did not meet the requirement of filing their tax returns. These candidates should not have been pre-selected by the National Council of the Magistracy as the move violates the regulations agreed upon by the CNM for the pre-selection of the candidates that would be evaluated in public hearings, he said.
The National Council of the Magistracy is celebrating hearings of the pre-selected candidates. 21 candidates were evaluated on Thursday, 13 July, and hearings continue all day on Friday, 14 July and on Saturday, 15 July in the morning. They can be followed online.
The selection jury expects to be able to interview 20 to 25 candidates per session. The judges are reviewing the qualifications of candidates for four Supreme Court of Justice positions and five Superior Electoral Court (TSE) positions, and their substitutes. The interviews with the candidates will be televised and can be followed online. The candidates are being summoned in alphabetical order, and depending on whether they are lawyers or professional judge.
Read more in Spanish:
El Caribea
See the list of pre-selected candidates at:
CNM
Listen to the hearings at:
CNM hearings
14 July 2017
