Judges and prosecutors denounce that the 100 additional places agreed with Justice have not been called

2023-11-02 10:55:56

The associations of judges and prosecutors are alert to some breaches of the agreements reached with the Government to end the strike last May. At the moment, as published in today’s Official State Gazette (BOE), the 100 additional places for access to judicial and prosecutorial careers to which the Ministry of Justice had committed have not been announced, a measure with which The aim is to alleviate the lack of professionals.

Given the shortage of judges and prosecutors in Spain, “the Government committed to increasing the number of places available for judicial and prosecutorial careers by 100 by 2023 ‘with immediate reflection in the General State Budget Law’, and an increase equivalent for the year 2024. However, it seems that this agreement is not going to be fulfilled,” the organizations accuse in a statement.

Although they are aware that the current political situation is uncertain and this makes it difficult to approve the budgets, they remember that this was an essential point of the agreement. “The insufficiency of judges and prosecutors is obvious, and although creating more access places does not fix the structural problem, it at least makes it possible to alleviate it,” they warned.

The agreement to call off the strike was signed by the Executive on May 23 and the main associations within the framework of the commission called “remuneration table.” The signatories were the Francisco de Vitoria Judicial Association, Judges for Democracy, Independent Judicial Forum, the Association of Prosecutors, the Progressive Union of Prosecutors and the Professional and Independent Association of Prosecutors.

In addition to the salary increase, which has become effective from the payroll for the month of October and which must also include the adjustment of extra pay, the agreement included an improvement in working conditions and in the remuneration of guards and related workers. with population groups, three-year periods, variables, professional career, etc. Although the “remuneration table” was supposed to meet again after three months, this has not happened either.