The political group 'Realizando Metas' recalled that 'the election of the presidency of the Supreme Court of Justice is an independent act as a Constitutional mandate, which is essential in the application of the law, such as due process, now nonexistent in Panama'.
Agurto Ayala will replace magistrate Cecilio Cedalise Riquelme in his position, while Villalobos Jaén will do the same, but with magistrate Ángela Russo Mainieri, in both cases due to the expiration of their respective terms.
'The renewal of the Supreme Court of Justice by incorporating the new magistrates is of vital importance, to fill the vacancies of two excellent and independent jurists,' expressed the political group.
The aforementioned political group announced that 'it will be very vigilant of the vote for the new board of directors and exhorts them not to choose 'more of the same', since the country requires a radical change in justice so that the much-needed national and foreign investment can return', they highlighted.
At the beginning of September, the Council of Ministers approved the appointment of two new magistrates to the Court: Gisela del Carmen Agurto Ayala as a magistrate of the Third Chamber of Administrative and Labor Contentiousness, and Carlos Ernesto Villalobos Jaén as a magistrate of the First Civil Chamber.
Agurto is an alternate magistrate of the Third Chamber of Administrative and Labor Contentiousness. The Realizing Meta party considers that the incorporation of two new magistrates to the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) will provide oxygen to that justice corporation that will soon choose its new board of directors, an act in which that political group will be very attentive.
Villalobos is a litigating lawyer, a graduate of the University of Panama with over 20 years of experience in civil law, banking and insurance contracts, horizontal property, inheritance rights, cassation resources, and constitutional guarantees, among others.
The very non-application of due process is one of the reasons why 'there are no opportunities for the poor, nor work in the country,' they argued.
A graduate of Santa María la Antigua University, Agurto holds a master's degree from Tulane University, Louisiana.
