The Constitutional Revisory Assembly approved the creation of the Council of the Judicial Power that will become the governing body of the Judicial Branch. This Council will be made up of 6 members that will remain in their posts for 5 years. The Council will direct and implement the judicial service, the civil service of the Judicial Branch of government, the financial and budgetary administration of the Judicial Branch, the disciplinary control over the judges and officials of the Judicial Branch, with the exception of the members of the Supreme Court of Justice.
In other measures approved by the Constitutional Revisory Assembly yesterday regarding the judiciary in the DR, the Property Jurisdiction, the public defender and free legal assistance were incorporated into the Constitution, as well as the unremovability of the Prosecutor’s Office and the creation of the Superior Council for the Prosecutor’s Office that will be its main governing body.