Parliament approves update of the judicial reform strategy

The Parliament has approved  an updated version of the judicial reform strategy.

The updated strategy for reforms in the Judiciary lays the grounds for legislative changes and aims at improving the system, and rethinking the constitutional framework of the judicial branch. It is also heading towards increase in the quality and the effectiveness of the Supreme Judicial Council as a permanent body of the Judiciary.

Among other goals the update foresees expanding the role of the Inspectorate of the SJC in order to ensure the independence and the accountability of the judicial power, to increase the necessary qualifications of the magistrates aspiring to leading administrative positions and to prevent magistrates from becoming members of organizations not open for public scrutiny.