The members of the Judicial Council are elected in an electoral process in which the following are elected, simultaneously, each category of the judiciary, in an assembly of peers, elects the candidates of its category, in a personal and secret ballot.
Elections will be held this Friday 19 to choose the new members and their replacements.and their substitutes, who will make up the Judicial Power Council (CPJ) during the period 2021-2026as established by Law no. 28-11Organic Law of the Council of the Judiciary.
By means of Resolution 014-2020, which contains the rules and regulations that will govern the election process of its new members, the Electoral Committee will direct, organize and supervise the Assemblies of Peers for the election of the judges members of the Judicial Council and their substitutes, supervise the compliance with these Regulations, ensure the transparency and ethics of the process, the rights and duties of the members of the Judicial Council and their substitutes, and ensure the transparency and ethics of the process, the rights and duties of the members of the Judicial Council and their substitutes, the rights and duties of the members of the Judicial Council and their substitutes, the rights and duties of the members of the Judicial Council and their substitutes.(candidates) candidates(and voters.) and voters.
The process will be carried out in face-to-face mode in the Auditorium of the Supreme Court of Justice. However, and exceptionallyHowever, exceptionally, persons with any illness and pregnant women may submit the proper accreditation of their condition to themay send the proper accreditation of their condition to the secretary of the Election Committee, in order to to be added to a list of electors who shall vote virtually, subject to the prior approval of the Election Committee. For this modality, a virtual platform shall be used to ensure the confidentiality of the vote.he vote.
The Election Committee is chaired by Judge Manuel Ramón Herrera Carbuccia Carbucciathe first substitute for the President of the Supreme Court of Justice and member of the Third Chamber, and integrated by by Justice Yadira de Moya Kunhardt, representing the judges judges of the of the Courts of Appeal, the magistrateo Bayoan Arturo Rodríguez Portalatín, for the judges and judges of First Instance and magistrate Raquel Astacio Mercedes, for the judges and judges of the Peace, accompanied by the director of the National School of the Judiciary, Dr. Dariel Dariel Suárez, who serves as secretary.
The Judicial Council is the constitutional organ of administration and discipline of the Judicial Branch of the Dominican Republic. Republic.
Its general powers are to direct and administer all aspects of budgetary, financial and administrative management of the Judicial Branch, as well as the Judicial Career System and the Judicial Administrative Career, as established in the Constitution and the Law No. 28-11. 28-11.
As the highest disciplinary body of the Judiciary, it is responsible for determining the level of responsibility and applying the corresponding sanctions to judges, judges and other judicial servants.judges, judges and other judicial servants., for the commission of misconduct in the exercise of their functions, with the exception of jueces and judges of theof the Supreme Court of Justice.
The Judicial Council is composed of 5 members: the president of the Supreme Court of Justice, who presides over it; one(a) judge(a) of the Supreme Court of Justice, a(a) judge(a) from the Court of Appeal, a(a) judge(a) of First Instance and a(a) Judge(a) Justice of the Peace.
CPJ Achievements in 2020
During the year 2020, the current Judicial Power Council held 48 ordinary sessions, 2 extraordinary sessionsin addition to making 50 signed and published minutes and 18 administrative resolutions.
In addition, in its disciplinary work, it issued 6 resolutions resulting from disciplinary proceedings against judges; 149 files on disciplinary investigations of judges requested by the Inspector General's Office; 149 files on disciplinary investigations of judges requested by the Inspector General's Office; 149 files on disciplinary investigations of judges requested by the Inspector General's Office; 151 disciplinary decisions to civil servants recommended by the Administrative Disciplinary Commission; 151 disciplinary decisions to civil servants recommended by the Administrative Disciplinary Commission; 151 disciplinary decisions to civil servants recommended by the Administrative Disciplinary Commission; and 25 appeals for reconsideration, recommended by the Commission for the Study of Appeals for Reconsideration.
The Council of the Judiciary is composed of the magistrate Luis Henry Molina Peña, who presides over it; Judge Nancy Salcedo Nancy Salcedo Fernandez, judge of the Supreme Court of JusticeCourt of Justice; the magistrate Etanislao Radhamés Rodríguez Ferreira, juez de Corte de Apelación; the magistrate Fernando FernándezJudge of First Instance y the magistrate Leonardo RecioJustice of the Peace.
