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After questions from the Chief of Staff, Guillermo Francosfor the times when Supreme Court (CSJN) may take a while “to issue a sentence,” The highest court issued a report in which he detailed that this year there was a record and they reached “a total of 20,200 cases resolved”. In response to questions regarding the hires he made Ricardo Lorenzettimember of that same judicial body, also clarified that the task was carried out “with the same staffing.”
The data and cross statements arise in the midst of the discussion over the eventual arrival at the Court of Ariel Lijo and Manuel García-Mansillapromoted by the Executive but resisted by various sectors of politics, even within the ruling party.
“When one looks at the length of time the Court’s rulings take, it is unfortunate that it takes 15 or 20 years to issue a ruling; It’s unusual. That a process in Argentina takes 20 years is incredible, I don’t know if it can work with three judges. From the point of view of the quorum it may be possible, but in terms of procedural efficiency it is difficult for me to believe that we can have a Court with three members,” Francos had said this Thursday in dialogue with radio The Network in reference to a regulation that establishes that it can operate with three members when Juan Carlos Maqueda retires.
A day later, the CSJN released the numbers alluding to its operation and highlighted that “will close 2024 with a historical record of sentences handed down” given that “it exceeded 12,250 rulings, also reaching a total of 20,200 resolved cases”. As they highlighted, “this increase was accompanied by two concomitant circumstances: on the one hand, the Court was made up of four members, instead of the five established by current regulations.”
On the other hand, the report stated that “The staffing of the Court remained relatively stable” and explained that “as of November of this year, the active staff was 2,471 people. In 2023 there were 2,484 and in 2022, 2,446.
“In the year-on-year comparison, in 2023 the Supreme Court handed down 10,024 sentences, while in 2022 there were 8,050. But if the data goes back to 2017, the Court handed down 7,401 sentences, with a staff of 2,558 employees and full integration.”
The figures seemed to be a response to Lorenzetti’s sayings, who spoke of “incredible hires made during the year 2024.” Furthermore, as LA NACION reported, the former head of the Court accused his colleagues Horacio Rosatti, Maqueda and Carlos Rosenkrantz of acting in an “illegal” manner, threatened to file complaints and maintained that “only excessive ambition and mediocrity” They explain what is happening in the highest court.
