Overview

• Jacinto José Pérez Benítez took office as president of the Audiencia Provincial de Pontevedra and as a member of the TSXG’s governing chamber.
• In his inaugural address, he warned the judiciary is at the edge of collapse due to surging civil litigation and unprecedented resolution times.
• He called for new judge posts and the expansion of the first and third civil sections, along with more capacity in the second-instance criminal jurisdiction.
• He urged an urgent solution for Vigo’s mercantile court and sufficient staffing for the violence-against-women sections.
• TSXG president Ignacio Picatoste echoed the alarm, pointing to rising penal caseloads and to acceleration measures that have not yet delivered results.