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02-15-2011, 02:10 PM
All of the stumbling blocks in the way of the approval of the Organic Law of the Constitutional Court by Congress seem to have been overcome, with the exception of the issue of the age of the judges who will sit on the tribunal, according to a report in Diario Libre. The Justice Commission, which is chaired by Demostenes Martinez, met for more than six hours yesterday and agreed to endorse the views of the commission of jurists on the three requisites that cover the cases that the court will review from any court, including the Supreme Court. Diario Libre says that these three are when a court's decision declares a law, decree, regulation, resolution or ordinance to be inapplicable because it is unconstitutional; when the decision violates a precedent established by the Constitutional Court, and when there has been a violation of the essential contents of a fundamental right.
The Justice Commission will meet again this morning to continue discussions on the ages of the judges. Some of the issues raised seem to be politically motivated since there is a possibility that Supreme Court deputy chief justice Luciano Pichardo might become a member of the Constitutional Court. In a sarcastic comment, Nelson Arroyo of the PRD said that the only way that Pichardo could become a member of the new tribunal was if "there was a late declaration of birth", an insinuation that there might be an attempt to take a few years off the elderly jurist's age.
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The Justice Commission will meet again this morning to continue discussions on the ages of the judges. Some of the issues raised seem to be politically motivated since there is a possibility that Supreme Court deputy chief justice Luciano Pichardo might become a member of the Constitutional Court. In a sarcastic comment, Nelson Arroyo of the PRD said that the only way that Pichardo could become a member of the new tribunal was if "there was a late declaration of birth", an insinuation that there might be an attempt to take a few years off the elderly jurist's age.
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