In his first remarks as president of the Supreme Court of Justice, new incumbent Luis Henry Molina Peña spoke of the great challenges ahead. “Justice gives power to those who have no power”, he said. He hopes to “convince and not defeat.”
He equated justice to independence but said it cannot operate in a void. “It needs of government, parliament, academia, civil society, the media and all citizens,” he said. He spoke of the importance of political consensus and social agreements.
Molina remarked when receiving the position from former president Mariano Germán at the Presidency:
“Even so, huge challenges remain. Old problems resist being overcome: an environment that forces us to face those problems with new energies, too. Citizens demand more and better access to justice, crime violates the right to justice. We will be confronting this task with determination.”
“Our Judicial Branch has to be a guarantor of rights, of fair compliance with the laws, a letter of presentation of our national community before the communities of the world as a free society, governed by the best aspirations for equity and justice.”
Other sworn in as Supreme Court of Justices were: Vanessa Acosta Peralta, Samuel Arias Arzeno, Anselmo Alejandro Bello, Napoleon Estévez Lavandier, María G. Garabito, Justiciano Montero Montero, Nancy Salcedo Fernández and Rafael Vásquez Goico.
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Diario Libre
9 April 2019