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04-06-2011, 04:50 PM
Once again the Organic Bill that covers the Constitutional Court (TC) is undergoing "studies" in a commission of the Chamber of Deputies. The bill, along with the observations made by President Fernandez was sent to commission yesterday, according to Chamber of Deputies president Abel Martinez. Listin Diario reports that PRD spokesman Nelson Arroyo told reporters that his party would not leave the road clear for the approval of the TC, and would only withdraw from the chamber if the PLD insisted on passing the bill and its observations by a simple majority. One of the observations made by the President was to note that by placing an obligatory retirement age of 75 for the Constitutional Court judges, the bill was in violation of the Constitution that stipulated that the judges would be immovable for their nine-year term of office. This observation will have to be negotiated with PRD legislators.
Meanwhile, another organic bill, the National Council of the Magistracy (CNM), is about to reach the 10-day limit for the Presidency to sign it correctly into law. A controversy arose after the Chamber of Deputies passed the bill with a simple majority, violating Art. 112 of the 2010 Constitution that stipulates a two-thirds majority is needed for bills contained in the Constitution itself, as is the case of the CNM and the Constitutional Court.
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Meanwhile, another organic bill, the National Council of the Magistracy (CNM), is about to reach the 10-day limit for the Presidency to sign it correctly into law. A controversy arose after the Chamber of Deputies passed the bill with a simple majority, violating Art. 112 of the 2010 Constitution that stipulates a two-thirds majority is needed for bills contained in the Constitution itself, as is the case of the CNM and the Constitutional Court.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)