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07-19-2011, 02:00 PM
Amidst preparations for the convocation of the National Council of Magistrates, six Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) judges are demanding the recognition of a series of rights, once they are forced to retire since they have passed the retirement age of 75. The position is taken in a communication dated 5 July 2011, signed by magistrates Rafael Luciano Pichardo, the deputy chief justice of the SCJ, Hugo Alvarez Valencia, the presiding judge of the Penal Chamber, Juan Luperon Vasquez, the chief magistrate of the Third Chamber, Jose E. Hernandez Machado, Pedro Romero Confesor and Dario Fernandez Espinal.
The magistrates submitted a motion to be considered and approved by the Council of the Judicial Branch. The first point of the request and the one for which they are seeking approval from the government is that members of the Judicial Branch should receive, once retired, the same salary that they received at the moment of their retirement. The salary of magistrate Luciano Pichardo, who is the presiding magistrate of the Civil Chamber is RD$297,468, Hugo Alvarez Valencia's is RD$288,315, Hernandez Machado, Romero Confesor and Fernandez Espinal each receive RD$274,586, according to a Diario Libre.
As part of the pensions, they propose to receive the money assigned for fuel and food, excluding expense accounts, and medical insurance of the same category as the judges who will replace them. Also, they want a driver and security to be assigned day and night. They would like to explore the possibility of purchasing the vehicles that were assigned to their use over the last three years. "All these are utilitarian vehicles, with nothing extra, Toyotas," they stated. If not, they suggest that they be allowed to use them, with the retired judges taking on the expense for maintaining them and the civil responsibility associated with a motor vehicle, eliminating the license plate that they now carry. All this assumes that the new magistrates who will replace them will be assigned new means of transportation.
The request from the Supreme Court judges should be heard by the members of the Council of the Judicial Branch, chaired by Jorge Subero Isa, Dulce Rodriguez de Goris, Samuel Arias Arzeno, Francisco Arias Valera and Elias Santini Perera. Eleven of the 14 judges who make up the current Supreme Court will complete, next August, 14 years of uninterrupted service on the bench. They were chosen by the National Council of Magistrates during its session, held on 3 August 1997, which was chaired by President Leonel Fernandez. The remaining three judges were designated in 2001 by the CNM that was headed by President Hipolito Mejia. They were Hernandez Machado, Romero Confesor and Fernandez Espinal.
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The magistrates submitted a motion to be considered and approved by the Council of the Judicial Branch. The first point of the request and the one for which they are seeking approval from the government is that members of the Judicial Branch should receive, once retired, the same salary that they received at the moment of their retirement. The salary of magistrate Luciano Pichardo, who is the presiding magistrate of the Civil Chamber is RD$297,468, Hugo Alvarez Valencia's is RD$288,315, Hernandez Machado, Romero Confesor and Fernandez Espinal each receive RD$274,586, according to a Diario Libre.
As part of the pensions, they propose to receive the money assigned for fuel and food, excluding expense accounts, and medical insurance of the same category as the judges who will replace them. Also, they want a driver and security to be assigned day and night. They would like to explore the possibility of purchasing the vehicles that were assigned to their use over the last three years. "All these are utilitarian vehicles, with nothing extra, Toyotas," they stated. If not, they suggest that they be allowed to use them, with the retired judges taking on the expense for maintaining them and the civil responsibility associated with a motor vehicle, eliminating the license plate that they now carry. All this assumes that the new magistrates who will replace them will be assigned new means of transportation.
The request from the Supreme Court judges should be heard by the members of the Council of the Judicial Branch, chaired by Jorge Subero Isa, Dulce Rodriguez de Goris, Samuel Arias Arzeno, Francisco Arias Valera and Elias Santini Perera. Eleven of the 14 judges who make up the current Supreme Court will complete, next August, 14 years of uninterrupted service on the bench. They were chosen by the National Council of Magistrates during its session, held on 3 August 1997, which was chaired by President Leonel Fernandez. The remaining three judges were designated in 2001 by the CNM that was headed by President Hipolito Mejia. They were Hernandez Machado, Romero Confesor and Fernandez Espinal.
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