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NewsWhore
07-27-2011, 04:00 PM
13 Supreme Court justices need to be chosen. The Foundation for Institutionalism and Justice (Finjus) together with several universities has organized meetings for presentations by leading legal experts to help the selection process to meet expectations of transparency and achieve high level of legitimacy and citizen acceptance. The talks are to be known as "Following the formation of the high courts: for an open, plural and transparent selection".

Jurists and academics from the PUCMM, UNPHU, UCSD, APEC, UASD universities will be taking part and the speakers will include Flavio Dario Espinal, Eduardo Jorge Prats, Milton Ray Guevara, Eric Raful, Gustavo Biaggi, Carmen Imbert Brugal, Justo Pedro Castellanos, Cristina Aguiar, Alejandro Moscoso Segarra, Manuel Pena, Francisco Alvarez, Nassef Perdomo, Olivo Rodriguez Hertas, Rosalia Sosa, Carlos Salcedo and Freccy Angel Castro. The first talks will take place on Thursdays at 6pm. 28 July (PUCMM), 4 August (UNPHU), 10 August (UNAPEC), 18 August (UCSD), 25 July (UASD).

The talks will be televised. "Democracy is not only built through politics, but one of its fundamental elements is the participation of citizens in these processes. This is what this is about," said Servio Tulio Castanos of Finjus.

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