Both candidates were nominated by the conservative wing of the judges’ governing body. Until now, the balance of forces in the CGPJ (with 8 progressive members and 10 conservatives) had made an agreement impossible.
Euskaraz irakurri: BJKNk aho batez aukeratu ditu Konstituzionaleko bi magistratuak: Tolosa eta Segoviano
The members of the General Council for the Judiciary (CGPJ) unanimously elected this Tuesday in their second vote the two magistrates responsible for appointing the Constitutional Court: the magistrate of the Supreme Court (TS) Cesar Tolosa and the retired magistrate of the (TS) Maria Luisa Segoviano; both proposed by the conservative wing of the governing body of judges.
Until now, the balance of power in the CGPJ (with 8 progressive members and 10 conservatives) made the agreement impossible. In the December 20 vote, the two nominees for the majority sector, Tolosa and Pablo Lucas, received 10 votes, while Bandrés received 7, as Enrique Lucas abstained.
The white smoke required 11 yeses, something that was not possible until now because of the vowels they had voted en bloc and nobody had come to change the balance. The current rules mandate a three-fifths majority to send candidates to the Constitutional Court and allow each of the 18 members who currently make up the CGPJ to nominate and vote for two candidates.
Tolosa has served on the Supreme Court since 2014 and currently serves as the chairperson of the Supreme Court’s Contentious-Administrative Chamber.
In 2004, he was elected President of the Supreme Court of Cantabria, a position he held until his appointment as a member of the Supreme Court.
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