During the opening ceremony of the judicial year, the Lehendakari defended “the pursuit of a flexible adjustment of the judiciary and its government, in accordance with a composite state.”
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The lehendakari, Inigo Urkulluhas again criticized the lack of innovation of the General Council for the Judiciary and has appealed to “dialogue and cooperation between judiciaries, institutions and citizens“, because he believes that “the judiciary It should not be alien to the decentralized territorial structure of the state“.
During the opening ceremony of the judicial year, Urkullu, referring to his reflection on the judiciary and the decentralized territorial formation of the state, stated that it is “striking” that “this arouses controversy”. “Especially when you consider that the judiciary is by definition an atomized and non-unitary power, as it is embodied by all judges and magistrates,” he noted.
According to the Lehendakari, “this circumstance should not be forgotten in the search for a flexible adjustment of the judiciary and its government, in accordance with a composite state.”
Urkullu pointed this out in Euskadi “Steps are still being taken” to respond to the commitments made and make a major budgetary effort. “We are aware that investing in justice is investing in well-being,” he said.
That’s why he wanted to draw attention to some of these issues Projects that are already being implemented, such as the Euskadi Strategic Justice Plan 2022-2028 or the Plan for Permanent Judge Seats 2030.
Between the investmentsthe Lehendakari highlighted the new judicial palace in Bilbao or the opening of the new building of the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office of Bizkaia, as well as the opening of the offices of the Penal Management Service near the courthouse in Gasteiz or the future new premises for cooperation services with the judiciary in near the courts of San Sebastián.
For another year the event was held with the General Council for the Judiciary blocked. The CGPJ has been in existence for almost five years. The PP veto The renewal of the CGPJ has meant that the body has continued to exist on an interim basis, despite warnings from the European Commission and the Council of Europe about the serious situation that a functioning judiciary represents for the health of democracy.
Source: EITB
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