Each of the three Evaluation Committees published last night online the respective public notices for andidates to apply, with a view to be elected on June next year, as part of the judicial reform enacted in September.

The document of the judiciary branch states that the elections will pick nine judges for the Supreme Court, five magistrates for the Judicial Discipline Court, two for the Higher Chamber of the Electoral Court, 15 for the regional chambers and 464 for circuit chambers, as well as 386 district judges.

The registration period runs from November 5 to 24 of this year.

To apply for positions candidates must be Law graduates, having scored marks that average eight or nine in the subjects related to the position they are applying for.

They must have gone through a professional practice period of at least five years in the case of ministers and electoral magistrates, and three years for circuit magistrates.

The public notice issued by the Evaluation Committee of the Presidency states that all candidates must enjoy high reputation, be alien to any criminal conviction, or have served as senator, deputy, secretary of state, attorney general or head of the executive branch of any entity, during the year prior to the date of publication of the notice for candidates.

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