Athens Lawyers: Gathering Protest Against the Judicial Map

Their reaction to the implementation of the judicial charter was expressed by Athens at a meeting held in the area of the Athens Peace Court, which is now being abolished. Lawyers are currently abstaining from their duties, protesting strongly about the reform of the Justice Ministry, pointing out that it was designed roughly and fragmentarily with incomplete infrastructure in buildings and staffing. The president of the Athens Bar Association, Dimitris Vervesos, stressed that the lawyers of Athens sent a “sound message to the government that he cannot put the cart in front of the horse”. Mr. Vervesos also stressed that the government “can’t plan reforms on paper without having informed about the courtrooms, without having employees, without having done all necessary infrastructure work leaving a number of procedural issues open. There are thousands of cases currently pending at the Athens Court of First Instance, the country’s largest court of first instance with a full organization, with subfolders who now come from one court to another without the operation of the Solon system. It is obvious that we all want justice to be accelerated, but it is not just a question of consolidating the Grade One, it is a matter of procedures and infrastructure. The government must tell us and but explain how it will be able to solve the problem with this incision it does, for which it has taken no measure and whatever measures it took it voted in Parliament last week.” Theodoros Mantas, former vice president of the ICSA, pointed out “with an unprecedented display of unity and competitiveness, the lawyers of Athens stand strongly against paper design, claim the creation of infrastructure capable of upgrading the justice system and ensuring the functioning of the rule of law.” Former vice president of the ISA, Themi Sage, stressed “all lawyers who minister our function within the audiences this function is enshrined constitutionally and should be protected primarily by the State with the abelts, errors, haste for the implementation of a new judicial map; who already on the first day shows a multitude of implementation problems. One understands that he cannot hide his words, we must protest, and that is why we are all here today for the government to understand that this haste in the functions of justice can only do evil we wish you to be heard and to correct serious errors.”