The President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Jorge Subero Isa stated that the Judicial Branch has submitted a budget of more than RD$4 billion, most of which will be allocated to the courts that have been created by different laws passed in Congress, according to a report in Diario Libre. Subero Isa also informed that the system requires 80 to 90 additional judges in order to be reliable and expeditious. He stated that the greatest problem right now is in Santo Domingo Province where four court have been installed in an industrial building in a move he called an “underdeveloped alternative”. He said that President Leonel Fernandez has promised to build a Palace of Justice in that province.
Listin Diario indicates that the amount requested by the Judicial Branch is RD$4.1 billion and specifies that President Fernandez’s promise to build a Palace of Justice was made last year and has remained unfulfilled.