The persons or institutions mentioned in this provision shall have eight days, counted
from the publication in the Official Gazette [Registro Oficial] of these reforms to the
Constitution, in which to submit a list of nominees.
All candidates thus nominated must meet the requirements set out in Article 128,
reformed, of the Constitution.
A Qualifying Committee shall be created, which shall be composed of three
parliamentarians appointed by the Speaker of the National Congress and three
representatives of civil society selected by the nominating entities, who shall designate a
seventh member, who shall not be a parliamentarian, as chair of the Committee. The
Committee shall qualify those nominees who meet the requirements set out in Article
128, reformed, of the Constitution, and who also satisfy the conditions of probity,
suitability, experience, and capacity.
To that end, after it receives the list of candidates, the Committee shall arrange for its
publication on a single occasion, so as to enable natural and legal persons to present,
with documentation and in a confidential manner, objections to any of the qualified
candidates. When 10 days following the date of the aforementioned publication have
elapsed, the Committee shall submit its report for the consideration of the National
Congress, which shall designate the 31 justices of the Supreme Court of Justice in the
following manner:
a) Twenty-four from the candidates put forward by the 12 nominating bodies and
qualified by the Committee; and,
b) Seven from the candidates proposed by any other civil society organization or person,
who have been qualified by the Committee according to the same criteria set for the
other candidates.
Should any other of the nominating entities or persons failed to submit candidacies within
the time limit established in this transitory provision, then the National Congress shall
designate the justices, selecting them from the rest of the nominees.
The Justices thus appointed shall take office before the Speaker of the National Congress.
Within three days after publication of these reforms in the Official Gazette, the Supreme
Electoral Tribunal shall summon the nominating bodies composed of the National Bar
Association of Ecuador; the human rights associations; the deans of the university law
schools and the members of the National Council of Universities and Polytechnic Colleges
(CONUEP); National Association of Newspaper Directors, the Ecuadorian Association of
Television Networks, and the Ecuadorian Broadcasting Association; The judges of the
Superior Courts of Justice, District Tax Courts and Administrative Tribunals, and the
National Federation of Judicial Employees and Officials; the general unions, campesino
organizations, and teachers and educators organized under the UNE and FENAPUPE; the
indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian peoples’ organizations of Ecuador; the Consortium of
Provincial Councils of Ecuador and the Association of Municipalities of Ecuador; and the
Chambers of Production and Small Industry, which shall prepare the lists of nominees for
appointment as justices of the Supreme Court of Justice.
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal shall organize, direct and guarantee said nomination
process, for which purpose it shall adopt the necessary provisions and transmit the list of
nominees to the National Congress.
8. A qualifying committee was created that was composed of three parliamentarians appointed
by the Speaker of the Congress and of three representatives of civil society; these three
members, in turn, designated a seventh member, who was not a parliamentarian, as chair of
the Committee. Said Committee identified the candidates who fulfilled the requirements
mentioned in Article 128 of the Constitution then in force, after which the roll of qualified
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