The National Assemblywith a Chavista majority, established this Wednesday a work schedule to elect the members of the Judicial Nominations Committeewhich will be in charge of evaluating the candidates who will renew the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ).
The president of the preliminary nomination committeeGiuseppe Alessandrello, reported that on Friday the call to select 12 members of civil society who will make up, together with 11 deputies, the Judicial Nominations Committee.
Applications will be accepted until October 9. Then the evaluation of the 12 candidates who will join the committee will begin, explained Alessandrello, in the first official activity of the commission created on Tuesday by Parliament.
Afterwards, the 12 members of civil society, together with the 11 deputies, will begin the preselection of candidates for judges of the TSJ.
The opposition deputy Luis Floridoa member of the preliminary committee, declared that the renewal of the TSJ will allow the country to have a Supreme Court that responds to Venezuelans and allows the judicial system to be rebuilt.
Florido indicated that surely The Judicial Nominations Committee will be sworn in on October 16one day after being presented before the Legislature.
The previous reform
On September 1st, Parliament approved a reform to increase the number of civil society representatives on the Judicial Nominations Committee from 11 to 12in response to an agreement reached with a sector of the opposition that dialogues with Chavismo and in an attempt to guarantee the independence to elect the new magistrates.
Simultaneously with the committee there will operate a council of seven juristsfour of them trusted by the opposition, as an additional filter to guarantee independence and equity in the highest court.
The formation of the council of jurists is part of the agreements in the dialogue between Chavismo and a sector of the opposition to achieve the democratic transition.
The renewal of the TSJ and the National Electoral Council are key issues with a view to holding free and fair elections.
