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04-11-2011, 04:20 PM
The National Council of the Magistracy needs to elect 7 of the 16 judges who make up the Supreme Court of Justice, as several have reached the 75-year age limit. The judges who need to be replaced are Jose E. Hernandez, 80, Hugo Alvarez, 87, Julio Ibarra Rios, 76, Juan L. Vasquez, 78, Pedro Romero, 80, and Luciano Pichardo, 75. Margarita Tavares, 86, recently passed away.

El Dia speculates that judge Dario Fernandez, who will be 75 in February 2012, could also be replaced.

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