Italian Justice Minister Andrea
Orlando Thursday hailed the approval by the Lower House of
parliament of legislation reforming civil judicial procedure and
by the Senate of reform of the magistrate system.
"Today is overall an important day for judicial reform,"
Orlando told reporters, "these are two fundamental strands so as
to have a more efficient and speedier judicial system that is
more specialized and better qualified."
"These raise the prospect of protecting citizens better and
also providing a judicial system that helps the country's
competitiveness".
Commenting on remarks by the president of the Court of
Cassation, Giovanni Canzio, raising the alarm over the heavy
workload facing the supreme court, Orlando said the burden
facing the Cassation "is a specific chapter that is partly dealt
with by the reform of the civil code and in part will have to be
dealt with by the definitive reform of the penal code, and in
part will have still to be dealt with by an overall review of
court justice," Orlando added.
"I want to underline that we have now got beyond 30
measures concerning the judicial system and mosaic is beginning
to take shape. We have passed from 6 million civil cases in 2010
to 4.2 million currently, and the timeframe also has improved -
these are elements that tell us that civil justice in Italy is
changing".
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