Justice lawyers estimate the follow-up of the fourth day of strike at 75% and the Ministry speaks of 20%

The strike committee ensures that "thousands of judicial proceedings" have been suspended as a result of the stoppage

MADRID, 27 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Associations of Lawyers of the Administration of Justice (LAJ) convening the indefinite strike that began last Tuesday have indicated that the follow-up on this fourth day has been majority, with around 75% of the workforce, and warns that they have been suspended "thousands of court proceedings". One more day, these figures clash with the data offered by the Ministry of Justice, which says that they have supported the strike by 20.13%.

In a statement issued late this Friday, the three associations --the Progressive Union of Lawyers of the Justice Administration (UPSJ), the Independent Association of Lawyers (AinLAJ) and the Illustrious National College of Lawyers-- reproach that the Minister Pilar Llop is "out of the country" and that she "continues" without making "the slightest attempt to resolve the conflict".

From the Ministry of Justice they have communicated that Llop has been the last two days in the informal Council of Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs (JAI) of the European Union (EU), which has taken place in Sweden.

Since the stoppage began last Tuesday, the strike committee has estimated participation above 75%, this Friday being the lowest figure. On Thursday he computed a follow-up of 78%, up from 80% on Wednesday and 81% on Tuesday.

In the Ministry they have also registered the lowest participation data this Friday: 20.13% compared to 24.5% on Thursday, 26.98% on Wednesday and 28.23% on Tuesday.

The three convening associations have stressed that "despite the biased, interested and erroneous data offered by the Ministry of Justice, reality is stubborn and unfortunately the Administration of Justice in Spain is stopped."

This Friday, the strike committee has warned that "thousands of judicial proceedings" have been suspended as a result of the strike. Yesterday he estimated at about 30,000 judicial acts that had had to be suspended due to the stoppage.

In addition, as reported yesterday, some 11 million judicial files had been paralyzed, "causing a delay of at least three months in each of them." In line, they assured that an amount close to 110 million euros had been immobilized in the deposit and consignment accounts.

The conflict has its origin in "the lack of salary adequacy to the greater functions and responsibilities attributed by Law 13/2009, discharged to judges, and increased in successive reforms", especially that of 2015, which -they denounce- - has caused an "unbearable imbalance".

The conveners point out as a "trigger" of the conflict the agreement that the Ministry of Justice signed in December 2021 with the unions of the general bodies "without properly developing the salary adjustment to the latest procedural reforms provided for in the second paragraph of Additional Provision 157 of Law 11/2020 of General State Budgets for 2021".

The associations accuse Justice of prolonging and intensifying the conflict: "Not only has it not called the Strike Committee, (...) but it sets it on fire and inflames it, untruthfully in Parliament by stating (without accrediting) having complied with 10 of the 11 claims and 2 remaining pending, which does not even arithmetically correspond to reality".

Llop asked the conveners a week ago to flee from "maximalist positions" because they prevented "good agreements", ensuring that his Ministry permanently negotiates with the different LAJ associations.

In addition, he emphasized that these officials are a very important component for the proper functioning of the work of courts and tribunals, to ask them to be aware that whoever exercises a public function does so for the citizens.

That same day, the Ministry sent a letter to the LAJ signed by the Secretary General for Innovation and Quality of the Public Justice Service, Manuel Olmedo, in light of the "disinformation that apparently exists" about the actions carried out by the department "in interest" of the body.

Olmedo took stock of the objectives he proposed to achieve when he took office. He recalled that the first measure, linked to the modification of the royal salary decrees to make the union agreement adopted in December 2021 effective, was approved in April 2022 and represented a retroactive increase. "The fullness of the effects will be reflected in the payroll for this month of January, reaching an increase in supplements of 206.87 euros," he specified.