The Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) meets every Wednesday to learn about administrative issues, amparos and prejudice requests; However, in the March 5 session, the request for the right of prejudice against one of the 13 magistrates of CSJ itself was withdrawn from the agenda, a source reported.
This is a complaint filed against Judge Carlos Rodimiro Lucero Paz, vocal I of the CSJ, who at first sought the presidency of the Judiciary.
The available information indicates that Lucero Paz was denounced by a former CSJ, which was removed from its functions. The former collaborator belonged to the administration chaired by the then magistrate Óscar Cruz.
During the plenary meeting on Wednesday, the president of the CSJ, Teódulo Cifuentes, chose to withdraw from the agenda the prejudice, preventing the Court in full defining whether the complaint was solid for an eventual procedure or if it should be definitively rejected.
Group of 8 and group of 5
The current Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ), which assumed on October 13, 2024, is divided into two sides: the first, identified as the group of eight, and the second, as the group of five.
In the first group are magistrates Gustavo Morales Duarte, Claudia Paredes, Jenny Teni, Igmaín Galicia, Carlos Contreras, Clemen Juárez, Luis Corado and the current president, Teódulo Cifuentes.
This group has the advantage of needing only an additional vote to become a judicial flattener in administrative and criminal issues, since the decisions of the CSJ plenary are taken with at least nine votes in favor of the 13 magistrates that make up the plenary.
In it group of five There are magistrates René Girón, Estuardo Cárdenas, Flor de María García, Flor de María Gálvez and the prejudice Carlos Rodimiro Lucero Paz.
Sources close to the group of five indicate that the strategy is to press Magistrate Lucero Paz, with the complaint, to support the group of eight in some votes. In the event that the prejudice is processed, it would go to the Congress of the Republic, where a investigative commission consisting of deputies would be integrated.
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The presidency of Teódulo Cifuentes at the head of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) ends on October 13, when the new president magistrate must assume, who will be elected by the plenary.
The role of this second presidency will be key, according to social organizations, since the future president of the Judiciary will also preside over the application commission for the election of the new attorney general and head of the Public Ministry.
The role of this second presidency will be key, for consideration of social organizations, since the future president of the Judiciary will also preside over the application commission for new attorney general.
In the event that the magistrates do not reach an agreement before October 13, Cifuentes will leave the position and magistrate Carlos Rodimiro Lucero Paz will assume the acting presidency of the CSJ for being the vowel I. Lucero Paz obtained this vocal having been the candidate who received the most votes when he was elected by Congress.
The president of the CSJ, Teodulo Cifuentes, of the group of 8, withdrew from the plenary an prejudice against the also magistrate Carlos Lucero Paz, of the group of 5. Sources indicate that the intention would be to postpone the case to find that Lucero supports the group of 8 in future decisions. pic.twitter.com/xgdnbtlHrx
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