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03-22-2011, 03:40 PM
The Executive Power observed yesterday the Organic Law of the Constitutional Court and of the Constitutional Processes. The legislation will be returned to the Senate for review of the observation.
Diario Libre said that the observation centers on the setting of 75 years as the obligatory retirement age for the judges of the court. The same age is set for judges of the Supreme Court of Justice.
The legislation caused a clash in the Chamber of Deputies between the deputies from the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) that sought that there not be the 75 years age limit and those from the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD). Since the deputies from the PRD and the PRSC could not produce the two-thirds majority needed to approve this organic law, the PRD forced the approval with the age limit of 75 years for the judges of the tribunal.
Congress set a new precedent with the approval of the Organic Law of the National Council of Magistrates with a simple majority, contradicting constitutional guidelines that call for two-thirds majority. Some observers expect the bill to now follow suit and pass with a simple majority the bill as presented by the Executive Branch.
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Diario Libre said that the observation centers on the setting of 75 years as the obligatory retirement age for the judges of the court. The same age is set for judges of the Supreme Court of Justice.
The legislation caused a clash in the Chamber of Deputies between the deputies from the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) that sought that there not be the 75 years age limit and those from the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD). Since the deputies from the PRD and the PRSC could not produce the two-thirds majority needed to approve this organic law, the PRD forced the approval with the age limit of 75 years for the judges of the tribunal.
Congress set a new precedent with the approval of the Organic Law of the National Council of Magistrates with a simple majority, contradicting constitutional guidelines that call for two-thirds majority. Some observers expect the bill to now follow suit and pass with a simple majority the bill as presented by the Executive Branch.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)