The executive vice president of the Foundation for Institutionalism and Justice (Finjus), Servio Tulio Castanos Guzman says that the recent speech by the president of the Supreme Court of Justice Mariano German on the occasion of the Day of the Judiciary should lead to reflection across all of Dominican society. He asked people to take note that the DR is the only country in the world where the Congress receives a bigger budget than the Judicial Branch. “We are facing a true internal crisis of the justice system,” he said, as reported in Diario Libre. He said that 103 new courts need to be created, and more than 200 new judges should be hired. He said that 97% of the Judiciary Budget goes on current expenditures, while 77% of employees make less than RD$15,000. He recalled that nine highly qualified judges resigned last year.