postulator resumes sessions after resolution of the CC that annulled payroll

This Friday, April 24, at 10 a.m., the Nomination Commission for the election of Attorney General and Head of the Public Ministry (MP9) is called to session.

The session takes place after the ruling by the Constitutional Court (CC) on the review of qualifications of candidates who had experience as a judge.

On Thursday, April 23, the CC annulled the list of candidates for attorney general by granting provisional protection, which forces the process to go back to the evaluation phase.

In its resolution, the CC considered that it is a well-known fact that in the sessions of the Nomination Commission the verification of the requirements demanded by constitutional article 251 was not met, specifically, because the time served as a judge could not be computed within the exercise of the legal profession.

Following the resolution, the General Secretariat of the Presidency returned to the Nomination Commission the list of six candidates for attorney general.

Commissioners such as Gámez, Anleu, Lepe, Maldonado, Franco speak out on what is established by the CC, indicating that they do not share the criteria of interpretation by the Court, however, being a constitutional order, they will have to be followed, reports Guatemala Visible.

Commissioners such as Gámez, Anleu, Lepe, Maldonado, Franco speak out on what is established by the CC, indicating that they do not share the criterion of interpretation by the Court, however, being a constitutional order, they will have to be followed.

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The president of the Nomination Commission, Claudia Paredes, indicates that she agrees with what was resolved by the Constitutional Court regarding the payroll.

Patricia Gámez indicated that the members of the list meet the constitutional requirements and explains her arguments after what was resolved by the CC.

The secretary of the Commission, Patricia Gámez, reads the resolution issued by the Constitutional Court.

The postulator has already started the session to comply with the ruling of the Constitutional Court.

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