2023-11-16 16:38:44
For this Thursday, the Congress of the Republic plans to hold the twenty-sixth (26th) Ordinary Session, starting at 10:00 a.m., where it is scheduled to continue with the process of electing judges of the Court of Appeals and others Collegiate courts of equal category, this after electing the judges of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) for the period 2019-2024, this after the Constitutional Court (CC) ordered legislators to carry out this procedure.
Perspective Writing
According to the agenda of the plenary session scheduled for this Thursday, the election of the Court of Appeals is at the main point of the legislative agenda. Fountain. Congress
The 13 judges of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ), elected for the period 2019-2024 are: Jose Luis Samayoa Palacios, Ronald Manuel Colindres Roca, Benicia Contreras Calderon, Manuel Reginaldo Duarte Barrera, Evert Obdulio Barrientos Padilla, Gustavo Adolfo Morales Duarte , Rene Guillermo Giron Palacios, Elvia Esther Velasquez Sagastume, Carlos Humberto Rivera Carrillo, Hector Ricardo Echeverria Mendez, Jose Eduardo Tucux Coyoy, Claudia Lucrecia Paredes Chestnut and Oscar Ruperto Cross Olive.
The election was finalized with the approval of Legislative Agreement 14-2023, with the favorable vote of 137 deputies.
Do you know who the aspiring judges of the Courts of Appeal are?
We invite you to visit our official page, where you will find their resume, and respective interview where they present their work plan. ????
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A POSTPONED ELECTION
In the month of October, the plenary session of the CSJ, which until yesterday was chaired by Judge Silvia Valdés, had continued to exercise its functions in the absence of the election of its successors.
The officers who made up the Court during these years were elected for the period 2014-2019, however, in February 2020, the Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Impunity (FECI) of the Public Ministry presented the case “Parallel Commissions 2020”, which indicated the existence of alleged strategies and negotiations forged outside the constitutionally designated instances to define the integration of the courts.
This case led to a provisional protection that the Constitutional Court granted to the Attorney General of the Republic, Consuelo Porras, who requested to stop the election in Congress since the candidate lists had their origin in alleged spurious negotiations, a situation that has postponed the election since then.
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