Lawyers Marlon Harold Cornejo Ávalos, Sandra Llum Noies de Fonts and Miguel Ángel Flores Durel (current defender of Ana Ligia de Treu) are among the most voted.
The Federation of Bar Associations of El Salvador (FEDAES) yesterday held the election of 15 of 30 candidates for magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) and members of the National Council of the Judiciary (CNJ).
Until 10:15 am the CSJ published a list with the most voted. However, of the 29 acts, only 10 had been prosecuted. The lawyers with the most votes at the time were Marlon Harold Cornejo Ávalos, Sandra Llum Noies de Fuentes, Miguel Ángel Flores Durel, Óscar Antonio Canales and José Ernesto Clímaco Valent.
It was not until midnight that the CSJ finally published the list of the chosen ones, next the 15 candidates appear who received more votes:
A hard tackle from Marlon Harold to Cornejo Ávalos
Sandra Light Fountains Girls
Miguel Ángel Flores Durel
José Ernesto Climaco Valent
Henry Alexander Mejía
Ivonne Lizzette Flors González
Oscar Antonio Canales Cisco
Jorge Alfonso Quinteros Hernández
Raymundo Alirio Carballo Mejía
Martín Alexander Martínez Osorio
Bacilia de l’Carmen Portillo
Hector Arnoldo Blaños Mejía
Jaume Maurici Camps Pérez
Francisco Díaz Rodríguez
Nidia Oneyda Cáceres de Jimenez
This election is held every three years. CSJ magistrates are elected by the Assembly for a nine-year term, but are renewed every three years by third parties.
The 14 polling stations nationwide opened at 8:00 am and closed at 5:00 pm with no more than logistical setbacks.
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The chairman of the FEDAES Electoral Committee, Gilberto Canjura Velásquez, said the election went smoothly except for a few minor inconveniences resolved from time to time.
At the close of voting, the headquarters in the central area still had a medium and constant influx. Velasquez added that in the last election there were approximately 6,000 voters, this time they printed 13,000 ballots.
“We’re going to print 13,000 sheets of paper per vote; it’s always small because the community is like 30,000, but as the culture of voter practice, in this case lawyers, it’s still not well fostered.” during the election, the FEDAES invited country lawyers to vote. “We have to take responsibility for that because that’s where the magistrates for the CSJ come from.”
However, the organization Citizens for an Independent Court posted on its Twitter account a series of photographs showing how some candidates for magistrate asked for the vote during the vote despite being banned.
Also, for admission to the polling stations there were requirements to prevent contagion. The entry of companions was forbidden and each lawyer had to present his identification card.
Sonia Margarita de Lizama, a lawyer in the Judiciary for more than 15 years, said that the biosecurity protocols were guaranteed by the FEDAES organization. He expressed that he was going to vote because he expects “change and transparency” in the next composition of magistrates.
Likewise, Juan Ramírez, a private lawyer since 2005, voted because he expects suitable officials without political alliances. In this way, compliance with the laws is guaranteed and not the requests of political sectors, he said.
From this election and the one convened by the National Council of the Judiciary (CNJ), a list will be obtained from which the five magistrates who will make up the CSJ after June 30 and their deputies will finally be elected.
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