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Santo Domingo.— Vice President Raquel Peña, representing President Luis Abinader, is currently leading the third session of public hearings of the National Council of the Magistracy (CNM), where candidates are being evaluated to fill vacancies in the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) and the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE).
President Abinader requested a five-minute break during the session, being temporarily replaced by the vice president, who assumed the presidency and moderation of the CNM.
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The day takes place in the Las Cariátides Hall of the National Palace, where 21 of the 83 applicants will be evaluated. In the previous sessions, 41 applicants were evaluated: 21 in the first round, held on November 11, and 20 in the second, held on the 14th.Candidates evaluated in the first session chaired by the president:
- Samuel Moquete de la Cruz – TSE
- Yokaurys Morales Castillo – SCJ or TSE
- Wilson Francisco Moreta Tremols – SCJ
- Aldemaro José Muñiz Mena – SCJ or TSE
- Daniel Julio Nolasco Olivo – SCJ
- Edison Joel Peña – SCJ
- Stefany María Peña Hernández – TSE
- César René Peñaló Ozuna – TSE
- Rafaelina Peralta Arias – TSE
- Cristian Perdomo Hernández – TSE
- Sonia Milagros Perdomo Rodríguez – SCJ
- Rosa Fior D'Aliza Pérez de García – TSE
Expected applicants for this third day led by Vice President Peña:
- Amauri Antonio Pimentel Fabián – SCJ
- Doris Josefina Pujols Ortiz – SCJ or TSE
- Juan José Quezada Rodríguez – TSE
- Roberto Carlos Quiroz Canela – SCJ
- Alfredo Ramírez Peguero – TSE
- Manuel Antonio Ramírez Suzaña – SCJ
- Fermina Reynoso – TSE
- Maritza Marizol Reynoso – SCJ
- Arelis Socorro Ricourt Gómez – SCJ
Members of the National Council of the Magistracy
The CNM is comprised of President Luis Abinader; the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Luis Henry Molina; the President of the Constitutional Court, Napoleón Estévez Lavandier; the President of the Senate, Ricardo de los Santos; the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Alfredo Pacheco; the judge of the Supreme Court of Justice, Nancy Salcedo Fernández; Senator Omar Fernández and Deputy Tobías Crespo.
