The second vice president of the Junta de Andalucía and counselor of Tourism, Justice, Deregulation, and Local Administration, Manuel Gavira (Vox), announced this Thursday in the Andalusian Parliament that "he will promote a specific evaluation of the workload of the judicial bodies in the areas most affected by drug trafficking," with the aim of "determining their real needs and reinforcing the necessary means."
During his speech in the parliamentary committee where he detailed the main lines of his department, Gavira specified that the Junta will request the Ministry of Justice, the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), and the Superior Court of Justice of Andalucía (TSJA) to carry out that specific evaluation. Once that diagnosis is available, the Ministry will study which officials and what material resources, within its competencies, need to be reinforced.
The Justice minister emphasized that the increase in major cases linked to drug trafficking requires "a coordinated response from the administrations," and stressed that political commitments must be backed by sufficient resources. In this context, he warned that "a judicial position without a lawyer and without officials is just a new plaque on a door."
In the same vein, Gavira reiterated that "the Junta will provide the means that correspond to it," and demanded from the central government the provision of judges, magistrates, lawyers, and a judicial system "adequate to the needs of the territories that bear a greater pressure derived from drug trafficking activity."
This action is part of the Human Resources Plan presented by the counselor, which aims to review the 85 judicial districts of Andalucía to study their workloads, the size of the staff, the substitution systems, and the reinforcement needs, as his department has specified.