Tomorrow, the National Council of Magistracy (CNM) will meet for the third time in this government to evaluate dozens of candidates who have been nominated to be judges of the Constitutional Court (TC).
The session was convened by President Luis Abinader, who leads the CNM, and is scheduled to begin at 7:00 pm, where the accreditations of 72 judicial applicants will be evaluated, before a pre-selection.
These public hearings are a requirement of Law 138-11, which also stipulates that the verification of requirements must be carried out after it has been approved by at least five votes in favor.
Choice
After completing the interview process, the members of the Council will deliberate and vote for the election of the new judges, in order to subsequently continue with the swearing-in ceremony. In the event of a tie, the vote of the President of the Republic shall be decisive. On Wednesday, 23 December, the 15-day period granted to the applicants by the CNM for the submission of their applications to the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) ended. The 72 people who signed up, including lawyers and judges, were nominated by various academic, religious and social organizations, as well as personalities.