It is always very important to know why a worker loses the passion for his work: its achievement, its improvement. Why new ideas and reforms are not carried out as natural part of the work process.
This same test needs to be made regarding the judiciary, as so much depends on the way they are eager to develop or not their work.
And Judges lacks passion, they are apathetic in Spain. You all know, we lawyers check it every day in Courts.
Apathetic Judges drive to lack of Justice and to huge detrimental effects to commun citizenship. One of the both most basic rights and important public services seem to be a joke sometimes.
It is not just a matter of lack of organisation or laziness, it is an structural problem the Government needs to take seriously and that Europe can of course press to achieve. Please help us! This is serious.
There are alredy many Judges pro-actively working for this situation to be solved. If you have interest, these below are the main goals that more than 1000 judges associated in Spain are working for: Let´s offer a hand to them for the benefit of all:
1). Democratic election of all the organs of internal governance of the judiciary
2). Maintenance held by judges of their strictly judicial functions.
3). Developing a new body of Judges according to the European average of 20 judges/100.000 inhabitants.
4). Investing in justice according to the European average of 3.5% of
budget, rather than 1% today, and whose goal will be achieved gradually over a
maximum of five years.
5).Immediate achievement for the judges of a human workload.
6) New legal status that will ensure: personal and family life, social dignity and
equal rights and benefits with the other members of the
civil service, the enjoyment of an effective plan for preventing occupational risks
and professional contingencies and, so particularly the substantial improvement of their current retirement conditions.
7). Economic independence.
By Maria L. de Castro
www.costaluzlawyers.es
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