Andalusia’s second vice-president and regional minister for Tourism, Justice, Deregulation and Local Administration, Manuel Gavira, discussed judicial staffing plans for 2027 and the needs of the region’s courts at a meeting of the Joint Commission for Cooperation and Coordination with the High Court of Justice of Andalusia, Ceuta and Melilla (TSJA), chaired by Lorenzo del Río.
The regional ministry gave a favorable assessment to a proposal from the Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes that provides for 94 posts in Andalusia: 91 for judges and magistrates, and three presidencies of Courts of Instance relieved of jurisdictional duties. The Junta nevertheless requested 59 additional judicial posts to address workloads in courts and tribunals. Its request draws on a workload study by the Justice General Secretariat and data from the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) and the TSJA.
Workloads in the civil sections of the courts in Seville and Jaén are 91% above the reference benchmark, the ministry said. The figure is 90% in Málaga and 79% in Granada. The 59 requested posts comprise 28 for civil sections, 20 for civil and investigative sections, six for criminal sections of Provincial Courts, three for commercial sections and two for criminal sections of Courts of Instance.
Gavira said new judicial posts should be accompanied by the resources needed to keep proceedings moving. The Junta asked the ministry to create at least 70 posts for lawyers of the Administration of Justice, noting that their numbers have not risen in proportion to the judge and magistrate posts planned for 2026 and 2027.
The regional ministry also called for posts in Ayamonte, Chiclana de la Frontera, Estepona and El Ejido to be upgraded to magistrate level, citing workloads and an increase in organized crime identified in the proposal sent to the ministry.
The Junta has approved 161 new staff posts for the Administration of Justice, in addition to 140 temporary reinforcement staff, particularly for courts in coastal areas. The meeting also addressed the launch of the 95 posts in the 2026 program, adjustments to staffing, and the needs of court buildings and technology. The ministry proposed changes to the distribution of the 2027 posts and to the timelines for bringing certain judicial groupings into operation.