During the ordinary session this Tuesday, the National Assembly (AN) appointed the new magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) and the heads of the General Inspectorate of Courts (IGT) and the National School of the Magistracy (ENM), in accordance with article 264 of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Principal Magistrate men and women:
For the Constitutional Chamber, were appointed as principal magistrates; Gladys María Gutiérrez Alvarado, Lourdes Benicia Suarez Anderson, Luis Fernando Damiani Bustillos, Calixto Antonio Ortega Ríos, Tania D Amelio Cardiet.
As for the Administrative Policy Chamber, were chosen as main magistrates; Malaquia Gil Rodríguez, Bárbara Gabriela César Siero, Juan Carlos Hidalgo Pandares.
For the Electoral Chamber were selected as main magistrates; Beatriz Rodríguez, Fanny Márquez, Inocencio Figueroa Arizaleta.
Meanwhile, for the Civil Cassation Chamber, were appointed as main magistrates; Carmen Enida Alves Navas, Henry José Timaure Tapia, José Luis Gutiérrez Parra.
For the Criminal Cessation Chamber, were appointed as main magistrates; Elsa Gomez, Maikel Moreno, Marisela Castro.
For the Social Cassation Chamber, were appointed as main magistrates; Edgar Gavidia, Cristóbal Cornieles, Elías Bittar.
In the General Inspectorate of Courts (IGT), Gladys del Valle Requena was appointed and as Director of the National School of the Judiciary, Guillermo Blanco.
The president of the Judicial Nominations Committee, deputy Giuseppe Alessandrello, who presented the list of magistrates, as well as the heads of the General Inspectorate of Courts (IGT) and the National School of the Magistracy (ENM), indicated that the legal technical process was impeccable, transparent and public.
He highlighted that 20 days had elapsed since the President of the AN received the list from the Judicial Nominations Committee, in which arduous debates were held that carried out an in-depth evaluation to obtain this final result, as stressed Alessandrello.
On his behalf, the head of the Parliamentary Bloc of the Homeland, deputy Diosdado Cabello Rondón, congratulated the members of the Judicial Nominations Committee to whom he extended his acknowledgment for the 96 days of work carried out. He indicated that these appointments, in consensus with the opposition, are necessary for the country.
He recalled that the outgoing magistrates were appointed in 2015. He sent his thanks to them for having whitewashed the highest court in the country and for becoming a retaining wall during these years. He repudiated the former Supreme Court of Justice for deciding that there was no coup on April 11, 2002, but that it was an action by a group of soldiers “pregnant with good intentions”.
He asked the new TSJ to work for peace and justice: “This 2022 is the year of justice. It is the year of justice. It smells of justice in Venezuela. Anyone who understood, understood”, stressed deputy Cabello Rondón while pointing out that this same Tuesday the new magistrates begin to exercise their functions. He urged them to accompany the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, in the process of judicial revolution.
To conclude, took the floor the vice president of the committee, deputy José Gregorio Correa, who indicated that he was satisfied with the result of the new TSJ, for being a renewed institution, where there will be familiar and new faces: “This conjunction can be very useful for the justice system in Venezuela”, he said.
Swearing in:
At the swearing-in, the President of the AN, Deputy Rodríguez, reminded the new magistrates that their role is to preserve, as the most valuable asset, the human, civil, political, and economic rights of the Venezuelan people.
