Exposed SCJ trances in past 14 years and achievements

During the 14 years he remained the judges of the Supreme Court of Justice in Office, following his appointment by the National Judiciary Council (NJC), were notable achievements in the field of power Judicial.

However, this same power of the State was dotted with scandals by the decisions of some judges who ordered freedom of drug traffickers and persons accused of sicarios, homicides, scams, fraud and rape, and other serious offences.

The permanence of them judges of el alto Court judicial of el country, selected the 3 of August of 1997, is saw tronchada after the approval of the Constitution of the Republic, that created the Court constitutional, establishing the age limit of 75 years for form part of that structure, and those same requirements for those judges of the Supreme.

In response, several of the judges that exceeded the age limit were outside the Supreme and the remaining u000athey had to be reappraised again, including the President of the tribunal, Jorge Subero Isa.

The limit of 75 years for the retirement of justices of the SCJ a mandatory figure for 11 years in the 327-98 law on Judicial Career and its implementing regulation.

The Act of 11 August 1998 entered into force 90 days after enacted and, by then, already were posesionados current judges of the Supreme, chosen on August 3, 1997 by the National Council of Magistracy.

Judges who pass the age limit established include José Hernández Machado, 78 years, the Civil Chamber and the Supreme commercial; Hugo Álvarez Valencia, 86, of the Criminal Chamber; Pedro Romero confessor, 79 years; Juan Luperón Vásquez, 77, and Rafael Luciano Pichardo, 75 years. Margarita Tavares and Julio Ibarra rivers judges were killed recently.

Case of the Sun Land
bug A question fact by the u000aPartido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), which he described as "a violation of the rule of law in the country", was the decision of the plenum of the Supreme Court of Justice which stated in-admissible remedies of unconstitutionality submitted by this political organization and the alternative Social Forum against the loan of $130 million between the Dominican State and the company Sun Land.

Alegado bribery of judge
the most recent scandal was the complaint against Judge Altagracia Sanchez Molina of the Civil Chamber and trade of the Roman, accused of an alleged attempt to extortion to a British company, which allegedly demanded US$ 6,000 dollars to promote with a bug. The Council of the judiciary referred the case to the Attorney-General's Office for purposes of research.

of 16 judges who were appointed on 3 August 1997, Bernardo Fernández Pichardo resigned u000aAfter considering that the same integration of the National Judiciary Council (NJC) contains the factor político-partidario.

Two died: Judge Julio Ibarra rivers and judge Margarita Tavares, at the age of 87. Ibarra rivers died of a heart attack while he shared with his family on a farm in the municipality of Bayaguana, Monte Plata province, while the judge Tavares died after an illness of several months of serious problems of health.

Extraditions
more than 230 Dominicans were extradited to United States, since 1998 to date, cases of drug trafficking, murder, fraud, laundering of assets, rape and other crimes.

Were delivered under sentences of the second room of SCJ, after welcome opinions of the public prosecutor, which formulates these requests at the request of the Embassy of United States.

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Advances in LA justice EN TODOS LOS areas
during 14 u000ayears of the Supreme Court of Justice, specifically in the time under the Presidency of Jorge Subero Isa, were achieved significant progress in justice, such as the creation of the national school of the judiciary, economic and institutional independence of the Supreme, appointment of judges of the country, sanitation of the courts and renewal of the support staff.

Also the program of vigillancia of the actions of the members of the judiciary, installation of computers in all departments of the Supreme and all courts of the country, construction of courts in the National District, the Santo Domingo province and other towns in the interior of the country. It also cites the sanitation and control of handling of dossiers by the Supreme Court and the creation of the public Ombudsman's Office, which now has its own budget.

Bug of files
the national judiciary displays them as achievements the monthly publication u000aits payroll complete, its implementation of the budget, in view of their internal advisers and the existence of an accounting patrimonial.

Subero Isa emphasizes that the judiciary has a modern real estate registration, considered a model in Latin America, noting that there is not a single case of pending failure corrrupción and that have been sanctioned the inconductas of judges and lawyers. He stated that the Dominican justice successfully exceeded the first wave of reforms of the judiciary, in contrast to other Latin American countries still fighting for the independence of the State power. "The judicial power of the Republic may be few judicial powers in all Latin America that no longer has the problem of independence, while other countries are fighting for the independence of the judiciary, Dominican Republic does not have that problem, because this power is totally and absolutely independent", said.

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