The new president of the Power of attorney (P.J.), Javier Arevalo (61), took office publicly on January 3. A day before he had already been named in reserve due to the holiday in the public sector, but this time he was part of the protocol ceremony headed by her predecessor, Elvia Barrios. They also witnessed the inauguration of the president Dina Boluartethe holder of the Congress, general of the Army (r) Jose Williams Zapata and the National Prosecutor, Patricia Benavides. The supreme judge, as if it were a campaign slogan, enunciated his nascent administration as “quality justice with a human face in the digital age.”
Almost at the end of his incoming speech, Arévalo referred to the social protests last December that are about to revive. He commented that the PJ supports “any action aimed at defending the constitutional rule of law,” while demanding “a firm hand against those who violate public order.”
Action plans in the PJ
Arévalo was consistent with his work plan exposed last November 25. He repeated that there must be a P.J. “independent of the powers that be” through strengthening, such as budgetary autonomy.
In addition, he argued in favor of updating the legislation that regulates the operation of the institution. Thus, according to her, it will be possible to support the national control authority, promote the creation of transparency mechanisms and establish a new way of measuring “jurisdictional productivity, improving its indicators.” The latter will allow “informed decisions” to be made based on the control of the download of files.
He also stated that the equipment “of the electronic judicial file in all the specialties and courts of the country” will continue.
Finally, announced that all judges and judicial servers will return to face-to-face work, but that the virtual hearing will be maintained in all instances, except for some cases.
