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Argentine Supreme Court President Advocates for Five-Member Court

The President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Horacio Rosatti, stated that it would be "ideal" for the highest court to be composed of five members, arguing this number is suitable for the proper administration of justice.


Argentine Supreme Court President Advocates for Five-Member Court

The President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Horacio Rosatti, stated that it would be "ideal" for the highest court to be composed of five members. In a television interview, he mentioned that this number of members is suitable for the proper administration of justice because "each case has to go through all the ministers." "Even if the first three agree, with five members, if the fourth disagrees, the case is returned because one of the first three might change their mind and it must necessarily go through all five. It's like a planet with a wider orbit," the magistrate explained. He also stated that "there will be 13 rulings this year" and emphasized that only cases involving a "strictly constitutional issue" should be heard. "This would imply more appeals, that is, more plenary sessions in all jurisdictions, not just criminal as it is today, but also civil or labor, so that based on uniform criteria, the only thing we have to review is that criterion, just once. We have become a court of third instance," he concluded. If the court has seven members, the majority is four, and the process takes longer.