Justice Minister says there is still "a lot of irresponsibility"

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Justice Minister says there is still "a lot of irresponsibility"

Justice Minister acknowledged on Wednesday that there is still "a lot of irresponsibility on the part of all legal professionals" and that the new architecture of the judiciary needs "agents clearly accountable."

"No one can escape this criticism. Nobody. All who participate in the system" judicial, Paula Teixeira da Cruz said, noting that this problem is common to all professions, but it is the judiciary that "feels particularly".

Justice Minister, who spoke to reporters in the debate "welfare state. Which Future?" Organized by Antena 1 in Lisbon, noted, incidentally, that the Government passed legislation which introduced "management by objectives in the courts" and stressed that "change the system passes through greater accountability of agents of justice.

Having the backdrop of the debate on the welfare state, the minister emphasized that even in "crisis", citizen access to the courts and to the right "is unquestionable" and must be made in equal weapons and means by that is fundamental "quality media".

Codes are "patchwork quilts"

Paula Teixeira da Cruz said the reforms already undertaken and those that are ongoing, stressing the importance of reform that will be made in the Code of Administrative Procedure and the Statute of the Administrative and Tax Courts and, in his words, will "stir the heart of thing. "

"We are touching in the citizen-state relationship and the responsibility of the state to the citizen and there hurts," the minister stressed, ensuring that the project had left the committee chaired by Fausto Tables entail a "major change in philosophy" of administrative law.

Asked to identify the biggest lock of Justice, Paula Teixeira da Cruz pointed out the diverse existing legislation, saying that the codes are "patchwork quilts" and "trap doors", so there is still much to do. At one point, he said the work done by his Ministry in the standardization of legal costs.

The importance of training and expertise of the agents of justice, with emphasis on the role of the Centre for the Study of justice, and the need to choose laws "simple" and easily understood by the citizen, with the "accountability of those who apply" were other direction pointed by the Minister.

In his intervention in the debate background, Paula Teixeira da Cruz said it was "party" to a "deepening of the separation of powers," with effective translation in the law, and promised to fulfill the task of reviewing the status of the prosecution.

As for the means insurance workers, the minister reiterated be against the unification of the police, saying that "safety is one thing and another criminal investigation is" defending the existence of a police investigation for excellence (PJ).

There is still room to further save

For cuts in state expenditure, Paula Teixeira da Cruz recalled that his ministry only a year saved 7.5 million euros with the review of the leases the park justice, admitting that "famous public-private partnerships," are costly and there is still room to continue to save.

The minister revealed that his ministry is in talks with the company ESTAMO public to discuss the question of ownership of the Prison Lisbon (EPL), stressing that "cheaper reclaim" the EPL than paying the annuity contract under which inherited from the socialist governance.

The debate was also attended by Fausto Quadros, Attorney Daniel Proenca de Carvalho and preocuradora General's Office, Joana Marques Vidal, who stressed "the role" crucial that the prosecutor has the assistance in areas of performance rights over social, such as Family and Children, warning of worsening problems related to family and children in times of economic crisis.