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06-25-2008, 02:40 PM
The full body of the Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic has announced its approval of the regulations that organize the System of Judicial Rankings and the System of Providing Judicial Placements, an extraordinary step towards attaining full independence for the judicial system. This approval was a necessary step in order for the magistrates to ascend the job scale based upon merits. The announcement was made by the chief justice, Jorge Subero Isa. Article 22 of Law 327-98 that deals with the Judicial Service, allows the Supreme Court to create the rules and regulations on ascending the judicial ladder. Article 15 of the same law creates the different levels of the judicial system. Judges go from Justices of the Peace, or their equivalents, to Judges of the First Instance, then Appellate Court judges, and finally the Supreme Court. Each stage has various portions but these were not specified.
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