Tomorrow the National Council of Magistracy (CNM) will meet for the third time in this government to evaluate dozens of candidates who have been nominated to be judges of Constitutional Court (TC).
The session was convened by President Luis Abinader, who chairs the CNM, and is scheduled to begin at 7:00 pm, where the credentials of 72 judicial candidates will be assessed, prior to a pre-selection.
These public hearings are a requirement of Law 138-11, which also provides that verification of the requirements must be carried out after they have been cleared with a minimum of five votes in favor.
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After finishing the interview process of the members of the Council to deliberate and vote to elect the new judges, to subsequently proceed with the swearing-in ceremony. In the event of a tie, the vote of the President of the Republic shall be decisive. Last Wednesday, December 23, he concluded the 15-day period given by the CNM to the candidates to submit their candidacies to the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ). The 72 people who signed up, including lawyers and judges, were nominated by various academic, religious and social organizations, as well as personalities.