NewsWhore
05-26-2008, 03:50 PM
As President Fernandez's 16 August inaugural speech approaches, the rumor mill is once more gathering pace, and this time the target is the Dominican Supreme Court. Lobbyists for potential candidates for the post of Chief Justice are becoming more active as two possibilities come to the forefront: Either the National Council of Magistrates is called into session, or a Constitutional Assembly is set up. Informed sources told Diario Libre reporters that the process would be defined from now until 16 August. According to these sources, the National Council of Magistrates must be called into session in order to define just what changes are to take place in the court. At the same time the issues surrounding the immobility of the justices, as consecrated in the Constitution as it now stands, could come under revision if there is a Constitutional Convention. Meanwhile, several names are being bandied about as possible Chief Justices, including the incumbent, Jorge Subero Isa.
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