Of the six new titular supreme judges appointed by the National Board of Justice (JNJ), five are career magistrates. only one of them, Roberto Burneo Bermejo, He is a lawyer with no previous experience as a magistrate, although he does have experience in public administration.
Rolando Burneo Bermejo, seventh in the final merit table, is a lawyer from the University of Piura, with a master’s degree from the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences. In his professional experience it appears that he was head of Legal Affairs at the Social Health Insurance (Essalud) and was an advisor to the Senior Management in the General Management of the Pension Normalization Office (ONP).
The other five new supreme judges have already been serving as titular superior judges in the Superior Courts of Lima (2), North Lima (1) and La Libertad (2). Even three of them: Ulises Yaya Zumaeta, Carlos Calderón Puertas and Emilia Bustamante had been serving as provisional supreme judges.
Henry Ávila, president of the JNJ, reminded the new supreme prosecutors that they have an enormous commitment to the country and the Public Ministry. Photo: JNJ
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In addition, with the appointment of Dr. Emilia Bustamante Oyague the tenured supreme judges of the Supreme Court of Justice are increased to five, out of a total of 20 tenured positions at the highest court in the country.
The jnj he still has to appoint another four chief supreme judges, so the presence of women on the Supreme Court could still be increased, as is the case in first and second instance.
Reinforcement
“These new appointments will strengthen the justice system,” he said. the president of Power of attorney, Elvia Barrios Alvarado. He recalled that the country’s highest judicial instance saw a decrease in the number of incumbent supreme magistrates due to retirement or for disciplinary sanctions derived from the process against the corruption network “Los Necks Blancos del Puerto”.
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the six new supreme judges headlines, plus the other four that may be appointed in the coming weeks, will be key in the election next December of the new president of the Power of attorney, at the end of Dr. Barrios’ mandate.
The new ones magistrates they are little known outside the legal environment. They have not participated in processes of public or media interest, except for Dr. Ulises Yaya.
Last May, Yaya Zumaeta was one of the two supreme judges who voted against the lawsuit by citizen Ana Estrada, who asks the Condition have a dignified death. The case is three in favor of the lawsuit and two votes against, so a diriment has been called.
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The 2020, Bustamante Oyagüe, as superior judge intervened in the case of the morning after pill. As a member of the Fifth Civil Chamber of Lima, he rejected an amparo claim against the Constitutional Court.
Before, in 2017, it ruled in favor of the eternal and complicated lawsuit of the judges of Peru, represented by the National Association of Magistrates, so that they are paid salaries earned.
She was also one of the favored ones. When on one occasion she was asked why she did not refrain from solving this case, she replied: then who resolves that lawsuit?
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Interview
Philosopher. Of the interviews, one of the most outstanding is that of Manuel Lujan. “What is the use of appointing a judge with a lot of knowledge or a judge with tremendous arguments, if then he does not talk with his colleagues to do a better job or does not treat collaborators or litigants well”, he asked the directors.
