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03-31-2011, 05:40 PM
The Senate has approved the Constitutional Court bill with the recent observations made by President Leonel Fernandez. The court was created in the 2010 Constitution. President Fernandez included the Prosecutor General, increasing number of judges to eight. He also eliminated the 75-year age limit, and gave the Presidency the tie-breaking vote. News commentators say that the President, given his upper hand in choosing the members of the new court, and the new tie-breaking vote, will have deciding power in the court created in the new Constitution to review constitutional issues. Recently, several Presidential decisions have been deemed to be in violation of the Constitution.
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