33 votes were announced by the president of the Senate, Óscar Cachito Salomón, and Víctor Ríos was appointed by a comfortable majority as Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice from the shortlist sent by the Council of the Magistracy. That same Thursday afternoon, President Mario Abdo Benítez gave his constitutional agreement.
The appointment of Ríos was probably the most controversial since 1992, when the new Constitution changed the rules for electing the Court. The Council of the Magistracy was created, whose exclusive role is to select and propose shortlists for the Justice system. Although some candidates have been questioned and there have been innumerable midnight pacts, there has never been such a resounding rejection from the most conservative sectors of society. The cartistas, business associations, Patria Querida and the Catholic Church warned of an "institutional breakdown that would damage democracy...
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