This Wednesday the extraordinary session of the Judicial Council was held, where the list of 36 applicants for the State Attorney General’s Office was confirmed.
During the session, heThe members of the Council addressed the reconsideration notes presented by the applicants whose portfolios were rejected. All requests were denied.
The initial list was 53, of which 2 candidates resigned and another 16 were rejected. for reasons such as: failure to comply with article 10 of the updated certificate of the Supreme Court of Justice of not having been penalized or warned in the practice of lawyer or not having the registration of Professional Lawyer Title.
List of 36 definitive applicants for the position of State Attorney General, tomorrow they will be evaluated in the Knowledge Exam – 11:00 a.m. at the headquarters of @UnaDerecho
Today 11:59 p.m. deadline for score claims expires.
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— Council of the Magistracy (CM) (@ConsejoParaguay) November 23, 2022
Domingo Álvarez, Roberto Ríos, Olga González Rojas, Blanca Báez, Ronald González, María Estafanía González, María Victoria Rivas, Carolina Ferreira, Saúl González, Christian Bernal, Pedro Aguilar, Jorge Rodas, Juan Cattebeke Fretes, Roberto Medina and Édgar Sosa are some of them. of the candidates who were not admitted.
Related note: Applicants to the Attorney General’s Office: 36 of the 53 are still in the race
Within the framework of the professional suitability evaluation stage, The preliminary scores for the position were published last night, based on indicators such as: merits of degrees and postgraduates, experience in teaching and in the profession of lawyer or magistracy, in public office and dissertations and publications.
To conclude this phase, the application of the general and specific knowledge exam is pending, which will take place this Thursday, November 24 at 11:00.
TERNA CUSTOMIZED BY MARITO
The lawyer Carolina Ferreira Gorostiagawho was disqualified from the process to elect the new Attorney General, He said that everything indicates that he is heading towards a shortlist that is tailored to Mario Abdo Benítez. “This is a shame, if they are going to cook it not be so noticeable, we were disqualified for absurd reasons,” he said in an interview with 650 AM radio.
He criticized that while some candidates were eliminated from the process, others that belong to the ruling party were kept. He cited the case of the Senabico minister, Teresa Rojas, who is not registered, and René Fernández, head of Seprelad, who did not present evidence of having been penalized or received by the Court or the Jury for the Trial of Magistrates (Because of this situation, other applicants were disqualified).
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