The new Congolese civil society (NSCC) welcomed the policy of judicial reforms initiated by the Minister of Justice Constant Mutamba who demands that henceforth all legal fees be banked. On this subject, the new Congolese civil society recommends good management of the revenues collected in order to improve at least a little the living conditions of magistrates in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“The new Congolese civil society supports all reforms that go in the direction of improving the judicial system of our country, especially in the decision of Minister Constant Mutamba who institutes in the courts and tribunals the counters, the possibility of banking the judicial costs regenerated by the acts that can be carried out. We welcome this decision which aims to rationalize, make profitable, mobilize, contribute to national revenues by this channeling route. We draw the attention of the minister, in such a way that when they collect all these funds, that the living conditions, the work of the magistrates are also improved and that the management of these funds is also transparent and that the results are communicated to the litigants that we are so that we can mobilize the opinion more, “Jonas Tshombela, NSCC coordinator, told ACTUALITE.CD.
Therefore, this organization calls on magistrates to be able to comply with this new reform to restore the image of the Congolese judicial system.
“We know that in any change, there is always resistance. The interests of other people are certainly threatened, they just have to adapt… but justice is not only there for litigants but it is also there for magistrates. The High Council of the Judiciary will take this into account to monitor these types of decisions that go towards cleaning up and improving the judicial environment of our country,” he concluded.
As a reminder, it is since Monday, August 19, 2024, that the Minister of Justice Constant Mutamba launched a reform aimed at the banking of judicial revenues in the DRC. During the launching ceremony, the minister firmly declared that legal fees would no longer be collected directly by magistrates or clerks, but exclusively via bank counters, which will be opened in each jurisdiction of the country.
The minister recalled that this initiative aims to implement “courageous and bold” reforms with the aim of healing the country’s judicial, economic and social system, seriously affected by corruption and embezzlement practices.
The reforms announced by the minister were not well received by the magistrates who publicly expressed their disapproval. This Wednesday, five magistrates’ unions were received by the President of the Constitutional Court and the High Council of the Judiciary (CSM), in a context of growing tensions between the magistrates and the Minister of Justice, Constant Mutamba.
For his part, Dieudonné Kamulete Badibanga, urged magistrates to distance themselves from conflictual practices and to favor dialogue with the competent authorities, in particular the Minister of Justice.
Read here: DRC: The president of the High Council of the Judiciary calls on magistrates to dialogue with the Minister of Justice
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2024-08-23 09:40:25
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