PC on JCE judge selection

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The second part of today's "Que se dice" page two editorial in Hoy newspaper tackles the same subject. Starting off with a Dominican saying that says that "he who shares out, gets the best share," the writer says that civic group Participacion Ciudadana (Citizen Participation) is warning that this is just what the political parties are again trying to do with the selection of the JCE magistrates. The writer affirms that the parties with representation in the PLD-led Senate are trying to share out the magistrates. PC's warning coincides with the impatience that is beginning to invade different sectors in reaction to the inexplicable stuttering by the senators who have had time enough to select the needed magistrates. The delays also allow, according to the editorial, for a whole series of rumors to circulate, some as absurd as to speculate that the current chief magistrate, Luis Arias, and another three judges will return to the JCE. "It's not until next Tuesday that the full Senate will hear the committee report, and when we will find out if the Senate will honor its word by electing magistrates free of political contamination and question marks, or whether it will again make a mockery of democracy that deserves to be something more than a mere characterization".

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