During the Friday, 29 March 2019 session of the National Council of the Magistracy, the selection committee announced the completing of the assessment of 76 candidates to Supreme Court of Justice judge positions. It was announced that by Thursday, 4 April 2019, the replacement or confirmation of two to 12 judges will be known.
Of 12 possible replacements, nine are mandatorily from career judges, with three open to lawyers.
Supreme Court of Justice judges that aspire to continue in their posts are: Manuel Herrera Carbuccia, Miriam Germán Brito, Esther Agelán Casasnovas, Francisco Jerez Mena, Jose Alberto Cruceta, Robert Placencia, Hirohito Reyes, Fran Soto and Alejandro Moscoso Segarra. The president of the Supreme Court of Justice Mariano Germán announced he would not seek to continue. Also resigning is judge Edgar Hernández.
There is also widespread interest to see whether highly reputed Supreme Court of Justice judge Miriam Germán Brito would be confirmed after she was victimized by a CNM member, Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez. There is speculation that lawyer Luis Henry Molina, who at present is director of the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications, is the government’s choice to preside the Supreme Court of Justice.
The CNM is now convened for Thursday, 4 April at 3pm. The hearing will be streamed live.
1 April 2019