The National Council of the Magistracy (CNM) announced on Friday, 15 March 2019, that it has a list of 79 persons that will be evaluated for the positions available at the Supreme Court of Justice. The list of names will be released on Monday. During a press conference called at the Presidential Palace, the secretary of the CNM, Frank Soto said that among those pre-selected are 62 career judges.
The National Council of the Magistracy has completed the round of assessments to the current judges of the Supreme Court of Justice that have expressed their interest in continuing in the positions.
During the scheduled meeting on Friday, 15 March, as reported the National Council of the Magistracy did not address the violations to the assessment ruling made by Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez during the session of Monday, 4 March or during the press conference on Friday, 12 March. Instead, the Attorney General would himself tell reporters that the discussion of the violations was a closed issue.
The performance on 4 and 12 March by Rodríguez has met with generalized rejection. Journalist Altagracia Salazar reports that his talk during the audience of the American Chamber of Commerce was recently canceled for lack of quorum.
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18 March 2019