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11-22-2006, 05:40 PM
The Senate of the Dominican Republic announced their selections for the Central Electoral Board yesterday. The Central Electoral Board (JCE) is responsible for the organization and management of the congressional, municipal and presidential elections. A long-time hot potato, speculation about the selection of the new magistrates has dominated the headlines for weeks. With over 240 candidates to choose from, the final selection of the nine magistrates and their substitutes was finally approved without much debate in the Senate. Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman will become the new chief magistrate. (See his cv posted when he was a member of the JCE in 2000).
Castanos will be assisted by Roberto Rosario, the only returnee, Mariano Rodriguez Rijo, Leyda Pina, Cesar Francisco Feliz Feliz, Jose Angel Aquino Rodriguez, Eddy Olivares Ortega and John Guilliani. Aura Celeste Fernandez will leave her post as head of the National School of Justice to take her seat on the board. The substitutes are Cesar Jazmin Rosario, Ada Elizabeth Barriola, Josefina Abreu Yarull, Genaro A. Silvestre, Josefina Montas Urena, Polibio Isaura Rivas Perez, Francisco Cabrera Matos, Rafael Diaz Filpo and Rafael Evangelista Alejo. According to Senate president Reinaldo Pared Perez, the new electoral board is not only responsible for ensuring that the upcoming election is well organized, but also for ensuring that the civil registry is organized and efficient. In addition to organizing the elections, two major challenges for the new judges are reversing claims that have been made that the civil registry offices have been fiefdoms and revenue-producers for the judges, as well as reducing the estimated 30% of Dominicans that do not have birth certificates due to late registrations and the red tape involved.
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Castanos will be assisted by Roberto Rosario, the only returnee, Mariano Rodriguez Rijo, Leyda Pina, Cesar Francisco Feliz Feliz, Jose Angel Aquino Rodriguez, Eddy Olivares Ortega and John Guilliani. Aura Celeste Fernandez will leave her post as head of the National School of Justice to take her seat on the board. The substitutes are Cesar Jazmin Rosario, Ada Elizabeth Barriola, Josefina Abreu Yarull, Genaro A. Silvestre, Josefina Montas Urena, Polibio Isaura Rivas Perez, Francisco Cabrera Matos, Rafael Diaz Filpo and Rafael Evangelista Alejo. According to Senate president Reinaldo Pared Perez, the new electoral board is not only responsible for ensuring that the upcoming election is well organized, but also for ensuring that the civil registry is organized and efficient. In addition to organizing the elections, two major challenges for the new judges are reversing claims that have been made that the civil registry offices have been fiefdoms and revenue-producers for the judges, as well as reducing the estimated 30% of Dominicans that do not have birth certificates due to late registrations and the red tape involved.
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