The government could be willing to
discuss a quota for women and a partial review of the draw
process overhauling the way members of the judiciary's
self-governing body CSM are elected at upcoming talks with
representatives of magistrates union ANM on a planned reform of
the judiciary, cabinet sources said on Thursday.
The reform is aimed at separating the career paths of
prosecutors and judges so members of the judiciary can no longer
switch between the two roles.
The Constitutional reform bill - which has received the first of
at least four necessary parliamentary votes for its approval -
also creates a high court to discipline members of the judiciary
and changes the make-up of the judiciary's self-governing body,
the CSM, overhauling the way CSM justices are elected, using a
draw process.
The reviewed system that could potentially be discussed next
week would provide for magistrates to be selected based on a set
of requirements ahead of the draw process while lay members of
the CSM would be drawn from a list of candidates chosen by
Parliament.
The government is set to meet representatives of ANM and of
Italian criminal lawyers on March 5.
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