Legislative Assembly activates four actions to continue with judicial elections

In the midst of the scandal over an alleged case of corruption involving Israel Huaytari, president of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament activates four different actions that seek to resume the process of pre-selecting candidates for the judicial elections.

The vice president of the Plurinational State and president of the Legislative Assembly, David Choquehuanca convened the three benches with parliamentary representation to a meeting to “direct the materialization of the judicial elections.” It is one of the four channels activated with the intention of making the candidate selection process viable.

The second action has been promoted by the Senate, which prepared a “draft interpretive law of Transitory Law 1549 for the 2024 Judicial Elections and Replacement of Deadlines.” Yesterday it was sent to the Constitution Commission for analysis and treatment. This short law aims to resolve legal loopholes and avoid constitutional protections.

The third action comes from the Senate and orders Choquehuanca to a period of 48 hours to call a legislative session to unblock the pre-selection process.

The fourth action also starts from Choquehuanca and refers to the request made by the authority for the TConstitutional Court accelerates the process of drawing a room to define whether or not the candidate pre-selection process is paralyzed, as determined by a court ruling from Cobija on April 30.