The SCJ has never received its budget of 2.66%

Despite their constant claims, the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) never has been able to achieve Executive will approve the heading assigned to it by law 194-2004, equivalent to the 2.66% of the General budget of the nation.

The approved budgets to the SCJ to run in the last 16 years have been below that percentage, because neither in 2004, when passed the law which stipulates, he received the assigned percentage legally.

He was unsuccessful campaign who headed last year the former Chairman of SCJ, Jorge Subero Isa, in demand for greater allocation by 2012, which were integrated throughout the country judges that paralyzed the courts, in the hope of achieving an increase in salary.

Starting his term, the new President of SCJ, Mariano Germán joined the claim of a greater budget for Justice and called for the other powers of the State to share the concern that has that bass u000abudget allocated every year will continue to affect the progress of power Judicial.

Germán expressed concern on Saturday to deliver a speech at a formal hearing held on the occasion of the day of the judiciary.

In the 2012 year that starts with a renewed SCJ, the judiciary will handle with a budget of RD$ 3,416,050, corresponding to the 1.07% of the general budget of the nation. The previous management had requested a total of RD$ 6,000, 000.

With this budget, considered inadequate to meet the needs of the judiciary, serve the new judges of the SCJ were as in December by the National Council of Magistracy.

The highest allocation approved to the judiciary for 16 years was in 2006, although at that time was short in their aspirations for more resources economic.

In 2006, two years after promulgation of the law u000a194-2004 envisages to grant the 2.66 per cent, the SCJ received the 2.04 per cent, to approve RD$ 3,165,514, 207. This amount represented 78.83% of requested, amounting to RD$ 4,015, 407.947.

Then continues the execution in 2002, which was 1.92 per cent, with a total of RD$ 920,000,000, but representing only the 64.77 per cent as requested.

Same thing happened in 2001, with an allocation of 1.90 per cent, with a gross amount of RD$ 927,744, 535. That year, the game represented the 57.1 per cent as requested.

The claim of largest budget for 2012 elicited the support of the Association of judges and judges independent of the Dominican Republic, which also demanded an increase in salary.

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