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The judiciary puts out to competition two presidencies of the Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands

The plenary session approves announcing the call to fill the vacancies of judges Carmen Sánchez Parodi and Pedro Manuel Hernández

Benyara Machinea

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria JAN 15, 2025 17:04

The plenary session of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) has resolved to announce in the Official State Gazette the call for 35 positions vacancies across various judicial bodies, of which two are in the Canary Islands. Specifically, this encompasses the presidencies of the Social Chamber and the Administrative Litigation Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

The call will cover the role of María del Carmen Sánchez Parodi overseeing Social matters and Pedro Manuel Hernández Cordobés in Contentious-Administrative affairs. The latter judge is the most recent to complete his term, which finished in the past few weeks, but his presidency is now set to be contested in this second round.

The governing entity of the magistrates is thus taking steps to fill appointments that have been left vacant in recent years due to the political impasse hindering the election of their members. In October of the previous year, two more vacancies were announced which relate to the presidencies of the Social and Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the TSJC located in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. These positions remained unfilled following the retirement of magistrate Humberto Guadalupe in the first instance, and due to the passing of César García Otero in the latter.

Outstanding vacancies

The decision made by the plenary session will lead to the coverage of all outstanding positions in the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands excluding the presidencies of the Provincial Courts of Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The first is currently held by Emilio Moya Valdés, whose term has expired, while the second remains open following the retirement of Judge Joaquín Astor Landete.

Judges José Antonio Montero Fernández and Prosecutor Inés Herreros Hernández, the representatives for the Canary Islands in the General Council of the Judiciary, stated during their initial official visit to the region that they intend to make a significant announcement in January and aim to have all vacancies filled by June of this year which amount to six following the recent conclusion of Hernández Cordobés’ term.