Las reformas al Consejo de la Magistratura: oportunidades perdidas para un Poder Judicial democrático y popular

Abstract

The essay makes an analysis of the different reforms to the Magistracy Council, especially its composition, attributions and methods used for the selection of judges. The essay focuses in the last reform and in the sentence of the Supreme Court which invalidated this last reform by considering it unconstitutional. In addition to the study of laws and jurisprudence, the essay analyses the reform from the perspective of the theory of procedure and it ends up considering that we have lost many opportunities for creating an organ of selection, removal of judges and administration of the budget of the Judiciary that could be able to promote an ideological diversity in that power, encourage participation and popular control in that organ and making transparent the selection of judges. Finally, the essay includes some possible reforms in that sense, that truly represent the guiding principles of this institution.