In these partial judicial elections, only 19 of the 26 judges and councillors were elected, because the Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal (TCP), which extended itself a year ago, decided that the elections would be partial, in response to appeals from candidates who had been postponed or marginalized in the pre-selection process.

Last Monday, at the headquarters of the Central Bank of Bolivia, the new judicial authorities received their credentials from the members of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE).

These are the four judges of the TCP (Ángel Edson Dávalos, Boris Wilson Arias; Paola Verónica Prudencio and Amalia Laura Villca) and the seven new authorities of the Supreme Court (Rosmery Ruiz, Norma Velasco; Carlos Eduardo Ortega, Primo Martínez; German Saul Pardo, Fanny Coaquira and Rómer Saucedo).

For the remaining positions to be elected (two TSJ positions in the departments of Pando and Beni and five TCP positions in Santa Cruz, Pando, Beni, Tarija and Cochabamba), the Plurinational Legislative Assembly must issue the call for the pre-selection process and subsequent elections.

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