Por Redaccion 
The Minister of Justice, Local Administration, and Public Function, José Antonio Nieto, has expressed in the Parliament the concern of the Andalusian Government about the «overload» that will represent for the Courts of Violence against Women taking on the responsibilities for sexual offenses, without the State providing resources to reinforce these bodies. «The Gender Violence judges are alerting about this overload and we are concerned because we do not want the attention to victims to be reduced at all,» he pointed out.
The minister regretted in Parliament that the central government does not provide the necessary means for these courts to face these new responsibilities, included in the Law on Efficiency of the Public Justice Service published last January. To address this situation, Nieto has indicated, «we need the Government to do justice; what we do not need is for it to commit injustices like the one in the bilateral commission with Catalonia, where the contribution of 60 new judges is agreed upon, sacrificing those committed for Andalusia, requested at the time,» which would mean almost 80 more positions in our community, among judges and magistrates.
In this regard, José Antonio Nieto has recalled that the Ministry of Justice reached a consensus with the High Court of Justice of Andalusia (TSJA) on a list of urgent needs for new judicial units in the community for this year, estimated at 56 new courts and 15 magistrate positions. The Ministry of Justice refused their creation, citing budget constraints and the implementation of the Efficiency Law, which, in addition to granting more powers to the Courts of Violence against Women, will transform single-person courts into collegiate bodies.
It is, therefore, a profound reform that, according to the minister, lacks economic resources from the State to help the communities deploy the transferred powers, nor a very demanding implementation schedule, as it has not been agreed upon with them. In fact, in Andalusia, 70 out of 85 judicial districts must be adapted to the new standard by July 1, which involves reorganizing physical spaces in judicial headquarters and staff: by October 31, three other judicial districts will be adapted, and by December 31, the 12 largest, including those of the eight provincial capitals.