Luanda – National Assembly (AN) unanimously approved the appointment of three jurists to fill vacancies in the Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSMJ).
They are Amélia Augusto Varela, Carlos Alberto Cavuquila and Fernando Almeida Gomes, proposed by the ruling MPLA and opposition UNITA parties Parliamentary Groups.
This is in accordance with the principles of majority and respect for parliamentary minorities.
These groups also proposed the renewal of the mandate, in the same judicial body, of Solange Romero Pereira and Francisco Luemba.
The Superior Council of the Judiciary is chaired by the President of the Supreme Court and comprises three jurists appointed by the President of the Republic, five appointed by National Assembly and ten judges elected among themselves and by the judicial magistrates.
The replacement or renewal of the mandate of the members of the Superior Council of the Judiciary takes into account the principles of continuity of the body and reasonableness.
Source: Angola Press News Agency