September 22, 2024, 12:13 PM
September 22, 2024, 12:13 PM
Only eight women are on the list of the 39 candidates still in the race to be attorney general. 79% are male applicants and in that group are the current district attorneys of Santa Cruz, Roger Mariaca, and of La Paz, William Alave. The joint commission of Plural Justice of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly disqualified 37 candidates for attorney general, among them the current president of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), Paul Franco.
The legislative commission published today the list of those qualified to continue in the pre-selection process of candidates for State Attorney General. On the list of 39 professionals, departmental prosecutors William Alave and Roger Mariaca are still in the running, as well as TSJ judge Olvis Eguez.
In total, they are 31 men and eight women are still in with a chance of reaching the highest position in the Public Ministry, which is currently occupied by Juan Lanchipa, who by law is prohibited from seeking re-election after six years in office. On that payroll, there are 14 applicants who self-identified as indigenous, between Aymaras, Quechuas and a Chiquitano.
Between the 23rd and 24th of this month, the legislative joint commission will receive the challenges to the qualified candidates, But the 37 lawyers who were removed from the process can also exercise their right to appeal. to get back into the race.
Then, The resolution of the applicants’ challenges is scheduled from September 26 to 28; On the 29th, notification of challenges and publication of the list of qualified candidates, so that, from September 30 to October 3, the members of that commission can carry out the evaluation of merits.
On October 11, the oral exam and presentation of the work plan of each candidate will take place. The legislative body will submit a report with the list of candidates who pass this phase between October 16 and 17. Finally, between October 18 and 22, the Plurinational Legislative Assembly will appoint the new Attorney General of the State.or with a two-thirds vote of approval.
In addition, more than half of the 39 candidates still in the race are candidates who were postponed in the last preselection for the judicial elections. Furthermore, the review of the lists revealed that 20% of the candidates already ran for the same office in 2018.
Between February and August of this year, the preselection of candidates for the Judicial Branch and the Plurinational Constitutional Court was carried out. Of 710 candidates, 139 were shortlisted to be on the ballot. 22 of the candidates who were left behind have now returned to present their candidacy their documents and will try to reach Juan Lanchipa’s position.
EL DEBER reviewed the list of the 39 qualified candidates and their backgrounds. There are only 8 candidates who are running for the first time: Lizzie Monica Riera Sorich, The Court of Appeals of the United Nations General Assembly, which certifies the existence of a new electoral system, is the first to approve the new electoral system.
Another 20% of candidates ran for Attorney General in the 2018 process: Constantino Coca Sejas, Roger Rider Mariaca Montenegro, William Eduard Alave Laura, Juan Oswaldo Valencia Alvarado and Jorge Perez Valenzuela.
Among those qualified to be attorney general also There are five self-extended judges who were disqualified from the judiciary and are now seeking revenge in the race to become a prosecutor. EITHERlvis Eguez Oliva, current magistrate of the TSJ for Santa Cruz, he presented himself to the judiciary and has now been disqualified.
