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08-18-2011, 04:50 PM
The Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (FINJUS) has joined voices urging President Leonel Fernandez to make public the procedures and regulations that govern the actions of the National Judicial Council (CNM). The first session of the council was held behind closed doors. Tulio Castanos Guzman, executive vice president of FINJUS says that this is mandated in article 23 of Law 200-04 on Access to Public Information.
In a letter addressed to President Fernandez, Castanos said the law establishes that "the entities or persons performing public functions or managing state resources have the obligation to publish through official or private means of wide dissemination, including electronic means or mechanisms to advance the date of issue, the draft regulations that intend to adopt by regulation or general act relating to requirements or formalities governing relations between individuals and the administration or that require people to exercise their rights and activities. "
He added that the regulations adopted by the National Judicial Council would affect in one way or another the administration of justice, the ordinary, the electoral and constitutional society must be made known to the drafts of these regulations.
He said that citizens should be allowed to present their views on the content of the regulations of the CNM. Castanos said: "In a democratic society, the way that decisions are reached is as important as the decisions themselves." Castanos called for creating an open space for civil society organizations, universities and prominent lawyers to contribute ideas to enrich the draft.
As reported, the Council approved a draft submitted by President Fernandez behind closed doors. Press reports indicate that President Fernandez has almost unanimous decision-making power in the Council. Critics have compared the openness exercised by President Leonel Fernandez as head of the National Judicial Council in 1997 to the present perceived lack of transparency.
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In a letter addressed to President Fernandez, Castanos said the law establishes that "the entities or persons performing public functions or managing state resources have the obligation to publish through official or private means of wide dissemination, including electronic means or mechanisms to advance the date of issue, the draft regulations that intend to adopt by regulation or general act relating to requirements or formalities governing relations between individuals and the administration or that require people to exercise their rights and activities. "
He added that the regulations adopted by the National Judicial Council would affect in one way or another the administration of justice, the ordinary, the electoral and constitutional society must be made known to the drafts of these regulations.
He said that citizens should be allowed to present their views on the content of the regulations of the CNM. Castanos said: "In a democratic society, the way that decisions are reached is as important as the decisions themselves." Castanos called for creating an open space for civil society organizations, universities and prominent lawyers to contribute ideas to enrich the draft.
As reported, the Council approved a draft submitted by President Fernandez behind closed doors. Press reports indicate that President Fernandez has almost unanimous decision-making power in the Council. Critics have compared the openness exercised by President Leonel Fernandez as head of the National Judicial Council in 1997 to the present perceived lack of transparency.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)