Funding law not well regulated '

That the Council adopt the law. The board was reacting to a report by the Court of Audit on the funding of the judiciary.

Since 2002, is funded by the law settled lawsuit. With this incentive, the law would be less dependent on politics. From the Court's report shows that this is only partly succeeded.

The Minister of Security and Justice sail a different course since 2010. Partly because of tight budgets in advance Minister funds fewer than the expected number of cases. Are there more, then follows afterwards funding, but not completely. Through this policy, the courts should use their reserves, the Court concludes and the size of the budget again partly depends on the resources available to the Minister.

Frits Bakker, president of the Council for the Judiciary, will present undesirable situation. ,, Citizens and businesses must be confident that they can always go to court and that the case has sufficient resources to handle any case properly and carefully, "said Bakker.

According to him, the law no arbitrary administration. Bakker: ,, Judges are independent, they ensure that conflicts are resolved in society. The question of what this is financially necessary, may not be answered by the executive. Which is often itself a party to litigation. "

http://www.telegraaf.nl/  By: Editor Telegraph Picture: Reuters