Supreme Court of Justice president Mariano Germán complained of the low budget allotted by the Executive Branch to the Judicial Branch. He said the funding makes this branch of government the “perfect Cinderella” and presents an unfavorable image for the country. He complained the RD$6.4 billion budget was barely enough to pay wages. He said that a judiciary without resources can not be the central axis of juridical security.
Nevertheless, Germán said that given the low budget the achievements of the Judicial Branch are worthy of congratulations. He said that the courts resolved 96% of the cases they were empowered with. He spoke on occasion of the Day of the Judicial Branch during a hearing at the main chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice attended by President Danilo Medina.
While President Danilo Medina did not speak at the event, shortly after the legal advisor to the President, Flavio Darío Espinal responded to the request for more funding highlighting that the Medina administration had significantly increased the allotments for the Judicial Branch since 2012. He said the 2012 budget for the Judicial Branch was RD$3.5 billion and for 2018 it will be almost RD$7.5 billion.
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8 January 2018
