The jurist and former parliamentarian Tamara Adrian This Friday she formalized her application as a candidate for judge of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ).
The candidacy of who was the first trans representative in the legislative history of the country has the institutional support of the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) and aims to integrate the Constitutional and Civil Cassation chambers of the high court.
The application process is part of the comprehensive restructuring of the highest court agreed upon last August between the delegations of the national government and the opposition during the negotiation table.
The schedule set by the Judicial Nominations Committee It contemplates the receipt of credentials until next November 11, projecting for December 11 the selection and installation of the 32 new magistrates who will assume leadership of the Judicial Branch.
“I have just submitted the documentation to run for magistrate. I thought about this decision for a long time and I believe that Venezuela is going through a historic moment in which opportunities may open up to eventually achieve a change in the legal, social, cultural and educational conditions of the country. We must contribute to that if possible, I have all the credentials and many more to aspire to the position,” he stated. Tamara Adrian by confirming your formal registration with the evaluating body.
The selection process requires applicants to have only Venezuelan nationality by birth, renounce any political-party affiliation and not maintain ties of blood or affinity with the holders of public powers or the outgoing high judiciary.
In order to supervise the suitability of the files, the dialogue table formally installed the Credentials and Requirements Review Council to supervise the work of the parliamentary committee.
The incorporation of independent jurists seeks to restore the functional autonomy of the judicial system and guarantee the institutional balance agreed upon under international facilitation.
Tamara Adrian She was elected to the National Assembly in December 2015 with the support of the Voluntad Popular party, exercising parliamentary representation during the five-year legislative period and promoting initiatives in favor of civil rights and gender equality.
The ongoing procedure seeks to renew all the chambers of the supreme court in line with the institutional reforms agreed upon at the political dialogue tables.
