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4:49 pm | October 6, 2011
Santos dismissed criticism of the deal that unlocked the judicial reform
President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos.
He said the agreement was not reached "within hours" but was the result of over a year of discussions.
Santos waylaid them to criticism from sectors that hinted that it refused to touch sensitive issues such as guardianships against judgments. He explained that the agreement sought to preserve "the way it has been operating this fundamental action for all citizens."
During installation of the XIV Regular Meeting of the jurisdiction 'Alfonso Reyes Echandía' in Ibague, President Juan Manuel Santos said the agreement between the Government, Congress and the high courts was "the product of more than a year of discussions, deliberations , study and analysis. "
"Like in the good deals, no one was victorious in their positions. Everyone gave a little to achieve the best outcome for the citizens and our justice," Obama said.
Touching the issue of congestion, recalled that in December last year there were 2 million 600 thousand court cases, most of them belonging to the civil courts and wondered what justice can ensure agility with such a burden? ".
During the ceremony the president said it is true that justice suffers from problems and has high levels of congestion that stifle the Colombians, "but that's no excuse to ignore the patriotic work of the judges."
"Some would say that we avoid the problem. No. The decision to maintain what is was deliberate," the President said, explaining that it was decided to leave "the status quo, which is working increasingly better."
Justice measures to decongest
"We are convinced of the need for reform in these areas, but have the legitimacy needed to ensure legal stability," said Pardo.
He stressed the importance of investing resources in justice to streamline processes and spoke of the Constitution guarantee a gradual increase in resources for justice by a percentage equal to expected inflation plus an additional increase of 2 percent.
The director of the Liberal Party, Rafael Pardo, said, "is inconvenient and unwelcome to include in the reform of justice such an important issue that deserves to be discussed in depth," such as the military courts.
The head of liberalism, however, said his party is ready to "make the debate" on the issue of military courts and military courts.
He said that "we intend to do is generate instances that make agile the judiciary to have an effective justice" and acknowledged that the constitutional reform to strengthen their autonomy justice and improve the lives of the Colombian justice and quickly.
"The Military Criminal Justice and the military courts can not be mixed with the Justice Reform"
The political leader said that such issues need time and can not be discussed in an accelerated manner because "we can not admit is that an issue of significance is intended to solve such a text, not discussed, introduced at midnight on Congress within a judicial reform that takes more than a year of debate and consensus building. "
"This will add to the allocation of one billion pesos to help reduce congestion at a rate of 200 billion pesos each year for five years, notwithstanding that we are open to hearing additional formulas to ensure proper judicial work" said.
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