Judges PROTEST IN FRONT OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE – Pluska.sk

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Dozens of those gathered came up with banners “stop the court map” or “enough was ignored”.


Dissatisfied employees of Slovak courts before the Ministry of Justice came to express their disagreement with the reform of the judiciary and the new court map. They do not like the minister’s new vision that several courts should be abolished altogether.

Of the 54 district courts, only 30 should remain. In Bratislava and Košice, all district courts will merge into two new municipal courts and the changes will also affect the regional courts. Instead of eight, there will be only three after the new one – in Prešov for the east of Slovakia, in Banská Bystrica for the middle and in Trnava for the west.

“The increased costs associated with your proposed judicial reform will mean a deterioration in the living standards of employees’ families, which will result in them leaving the courts.” the trade unionists referred to Minister of Justice Maria Kolíková. They ask her to keep the current courts and courts.

In front of the building, they gathered at the time of the controversial proceedings to make fundamental comments on the new court map, which were raised by trade unions. “In preparing the court map, the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic did not take into account the social aspects and requirements of judicial staff, whose work and private lives will be significantly affected by the new organization of courts,” stated in the opinion provided by the KS KS spokesman in Bratislava Pavol Adamčiak.

Trade unionists criticize the Ministry of Justice for setting a date for the dispute proceedings shortly after the end of the comment. “In the extremely short time 59 hours after the end of the comment procedure, during which he was not able to get acquainted responsibly and realistically with the content of the comments and carefully evaluate them, the draftsman set a deadline for the dispute procedure.” the spokesman added.

The comment procedure on the draft new court map ended on Monday, October 4. 376 comments were made in connection with the four laws regulating the districts and seats of regional and district courts, as well as the establishment of municipal courts in Bratislava and Košice. Of which 240 major. The law on the establishment of administrative courts can be commented until 15 October.

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