Supreme Court nominees named.

TWO SUPREME COURT judges have been nominated by President Juan Carlos Varela to fill upcoming vacancies in the Supreme Court, after the most public selection process in Panama’s history.

They are  Angela Russo de Cedeno and Cecilio Antonio Cedalise t)

The two nominees must now be ratified by the National Assembly in an extraordinary session that will begin Monday December 14.. The nominees will appear before the Credentials Committee before appearing before the plenary of the Assembly.

They  were chosen from a list of 10 finalists. That group was selected from among the 153 applicants.

The finalists went through public interviews carried out by the State Commission for Justice, which is composed of the administration attorney and representatives from the judiciary, the National Assembly, the Office of the Attorney General, the Ombudsman, the National Bar Association, the Alianza Ciudadana Pro Justicia, the Ecumenical Committee and the executive.

Varela made the announcement Friday,  surrounded by members of the Cabinet Council, who met in the Presidency of the Republic to make the selections.