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Constitutional Court Declares Unconstitutional Article Allowing the President to Fill Mayoral Vacancies

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The Constitutional Court (TC) issued this Friday the sentence TC/0446/25 in which it declares unconstitutional paragraph I of article 64 of Law 176-07 of the National District and Municipalities, which allowed the President of the Republic to appoint mayors in case of resignation or absence. The appeal was submitted by the Primero Justicia Foundation, headed by lawyer Miguel Surún Hernández, following the situation that arose in La Vega, with th…
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The Constitutional Court (TC) issued judgement TC/0446/25 in which it declared unconstitutional article 64, paragraph 1, of Law 176-07 of the National District and the Municipalities, which allowed the President of the Republic to appoint mayors in case of resignation or failure. (Continue reading...) The entry President will no longer be able to fill vacancies of mayors was first published in Remolacha - Dominican Republic News.

The Constitutional Court (TC) issued this Friday the sentence TC/0446/25 in which it declares unconstitutional paragraph I of article 64 of Law 176-07 of the National District and Municipalities, which allowed the President of the Republic to appoint mayors in case of resignation or absence. The appeal was submitted by the Primero Justicia Foundation, headed by lawyer Miguel Surún Hernández, following the situation that arose in La Vega, with th…

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