Madrid (EFE).- The main associations of judges and prosecutors have announced their intention to call an indefinite strike of the Judicial and Prosecutor Careers as of May 16.
Thus, the Professional Association of the Magistracy, the Francisco de Vitoria Judicial Association, the Independent Judicial Forum, the Association of Prosecutors and the Professional and Independent Association of Prosecutors stated in a joint statement.
At the moment, the Association Judges and Judges for Democracy and the Progressive Union of Prosecutors have not joined the call, although they share the diagnosis and the claims, because they want to wait to know the approach of the Ministry of Finance at the meeting of the Table scheduled for May 3.
Lack of staffing in the administration
Judges and prosecutors express their concern about the lack of sufficient resources in the administration of Justice, which they consider to be “Cinderella”, and about the workloads of courts and prosecutors “that affect both the quality and speed of the judicial response as to the health of the judiciary and the members of the prosecution.”
They regret that everything relies on reinforcement plans and the dedication of professionals, which they consider cannot be the only remedy for overload and high litigation.
They explain that after the “disappointing” meetings with Justice on March 31 and April 4, coinciding with the lawyers’ strike, they announced their intention to draw up a calendar of “pressure measures”, since they concluded without progress and only with the commitment to convene the Remuneration Table before May 10.
For the organizations that justify the strike, it is not enough to call the table on May 3, which could be called off at any time or concluded without agreements, which they consider would be “delaying the agreement and serving as an instrument of government propaganda.” .
For judges and prosecutors, this summons occurs in “a context of systematic and persistent abandonment of the Administration of Justice, which degrades the quality of the institutional response that, from the judicial system, citizens who come to the Courts seeking of the effective protection of their rights”.
The associations express their firm intention to work to reach an agreement that avoids having to implement the pressure measures announced, “from the same good faith that has encouraged us up to now.”
“However, we will not allow this responsible attitude to serve once again as an alibi for the negligent inaction of the Ministries of Justice and Finance, which, within the Government, are responsible for ensuring that our country has an effective judicial system. that it is not possible to achieve if the work of judges, judges and prosecutors is not carried out in adequate conditions – also remunerative –”, he concludes.