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Galicia's High Court Chief Opens Judicial Year Urging Independence and More Resources

The outgoing chief prosecutor also pressed for strict AI safeguards.

Overview

  • Ignacio Picatoste, newly installed president of the TSXG, told the A Coruña ceremony that judicial independence is a guarantee for citizens, not a privilege.
  • He called for more judges, right‑sized staffing and effective digital tools, promoted alternative dispute resolution, and pledged uncompromising transparency.
  • Picatoste supported the rollout of Spain’s efficiency law for the justice service and vowed to troubleshoot its implementation from the TSXG presidency.
  • In his farewell, fiscal superior Fernando Suanzes urged a State pact to reinforce justice funding and warned of algorithmic bias risks in any court use of AI under mandatory human oversight.
  • Suanzes reported 154,204 criminal cases processed in Galicia in 2024, up 5.17%, noted shifts in crime types, and announced an instruction to intensify prosecution of forest‑fire offenses using precautionary measures and new technologies.