According to the Popular Municipal Group, Law 1/2025 on the Efficiency of the Public Justice Service has reorganized the judicial system, transforming single-judge bodies into instance courts and expanding the powers of certain courts without sufficient personal or material resources. This reform, far from improving efficiency, is generating more workload, delays, and difficulties in assisting victims.
“"This reform promoted by the Government has overwhelmed courts that were already working at full capacity, causing more delays, more workload, and increasingly difficult attention for victims."
The Popular Party denounces that the assumption of new powers by gender violence courts, coupled with the reorganization planned in the Efficiency Law, has been carried out without real planning or sufficient resources. This is causing significant deficiencies in service provision. They recall that since October 3, gender violence courts have also been handling cases of sexual violence outside the couple's environment, a circumstance that has, in some cases, doubled waiting times.
“"The socialist Government has once again launched a reform without real planning, without sufficient staff, and without listening to professionals, selling as efficiency what in practice is a real collapse."
The Popular Group points out that, according to experts and legal operators, several months of delays are already occurring in court appointments, while judges themselves warn of a situation of saturation and progressive deterioration of the service. This is compounded by the lack of civil servants, the loss of essential reinforcements, and problems arising from incomplete implementation of technological systems. They believe that the consequences of this mismanagement are borne by the victims, who need quick and effective assistance.
For all these reasons, the Popular Municipal Group proposes urging the Government of Spain to create a sufficient number of judicial positions to handle the high volume of pending procedures, as well as to provide the new system with more material and personal resources to ensure proper functioning of Justice. They conclude that the “Bolaños law” needs urgent rectification.
