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07-20-2011, 06:40 PM
President Leonel Fernandez has entrusted Vice President Rafael Alburquerque and Presidential Minister Cesar Pina Toribio to work on the preparations for convening the National Council of Magistrates (CNM), which could happen any minute. According to a National Palace source, the Vice President and the minister will be immersed in preparations for convening the CNM, the organization that will select the members of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) and the Constitutional and Higher Electoral tribunals. Meanwhile, expectations are growing. Some civil society groups will be pressuring them to choose the Supreme Court judges first and then, later on, the judges for the two tribunals. All this has generated questions of intrigue and speculation in some sectors. Earlier this month, the Presidential Minister announced that the CNM meeting would be postponed until Supreme Court Chief Justice Jorge Subero Isa returned from an overseas trip. He got back last weekend.
Throughout yesterday morning, Pina Toribio held meetings with several key figures at his office in the Presidential Palace, including legislators and a Constitutional Law expert, Cristobal Rodriguez, who, as he left, denied that the CNM had been discussed at the meeting. Nevertheless, he said it was understood that the Council of Magistrates had to be convened, on the understanding that the presidential elections are less than a year away and the Electoral Tribunal that will administer the conflicts has still not been appointed.
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Throughout yesterday morning, Pina Toribio held meetings with several key figures at his office in the Presidential Palace, including legislators and a Constitutional Law expert, Cristobal Rodriguez, who, as he left, denied that the CNM had been discussed at the meeting. Nevertheless, he said it was understood that the Council of Magistrates had to be convened, on the understanding that the presidential elections are less than a year away and the Electoral Tribunal that will administer the conflicts has still not been appointed.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)