New rules for Supreme Court judges selection

Panama’s National Coalition on constitutional amendments, produced its final report on Thursday, September 9.

 Among agreed proposals was the amendment of  the requirements and selection process for judges of the Supreme Court.

It  proposes a period of 20 years in office instead of the current 10. Among the requirements for office would be that  applicants must have reached  50 years of age and have  20 years of experience as a lawyer. 

It also proposes  a Selection Board, composed of civil society and representatives of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches.