Carolina Llanes, Minister of the Court.
The Minister of the Court, Carolina Llanes, hopes that the shortlist drawn up by the Judicial Council includes at least one woman, in order to have some gender equality within the highest judicial instance.
The first vice president of the Supreme Court of Justice, referred to the pselection process that has been delaying in the Judicial Council, where the three attempts to define the shortlist failed.
“At least one woman would have to enter, if not two, they have very good scores, all three are magistrates, they have years of experience in various jurisdictions, any of them can play an important role,” said Llanes, in an interview with Universo-Nación Media radio.
He indicated that, it cannot be considered that there is equity in the Court, Well, out of nine ministers, eight are men and only one is a woman.
The only one who so far has obtained the six votes necessary to appear on the shortlist is the magistrate Gustavo Santander, who, according to how it is handled, would be to the liking of the President of the Republic.
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During the session on Wednesday, the third of the week, the Council of the Magistracy declared another interim quarter, but this time until Monday, to try again to conclude the elaboration of the short list.
Once the process is complete, including the constitutional agreement of the President of the Republic to the candidate selected by the Senate, the replacement for Antonio Fretes, who was forced to leave office, upon turning 75 last week, will be known. pass.
