The law firm Riccardo Vizzino e Associati, with a detailed complaint to the competent authorities, has brought to the attention of the institutions and citizens the serious situation that lawyers are experiencing: for months the lawyers were unable to practice their profession, nor encounter customers or participating in the hearings before the competent judicial offices from time to time. The hearings envisaged in the total closing period have undergone postponements and postponements of even a year and the same thing occurred for the first hearings that were set in some cases even with a dialing of 18 months.
Classic example of these problems is represented by the Office of the Justice of the Peace of Naples, composed of 9 Civil sections and about 60 Judges, where the most alarming and worrying data have been recorded. Indeed, with the preparation of about 20 Causes for each judge, the postponement of approx 30.000 causes per month! All this represents a very serious violation for citizens who see their rights trampled once again and consists of a new very hard blow for the already proven load of justice.
In this atmosphere it has become difficult if not impossible to perform even the simplest things such as organizing yourself for obligations, Follow the course of the postponements of the causes in the various Campania holes or go to the hearing. Lawyers who want to access the judicial offices face grueling files and slowdowns. To this are added the many complaints of inconveniences and problems regarding the use of public transport. Many colleagues, Indeed, Often they cannot go to the audience at the pre -established times due to the excessive overcrowding of the metro wagons.
To date, The presidents of the courts through agreements and negotiations with the institutions have managed to guarantee at least a minimum performance of hearings that however cannot exceed 20-25 causes per day set at pre -established times for each judge. Certain security provisions have been dictated for the discussion and presence of lawyers. In particular, physical distancing between the various parties participating in the judgment is prescribed, The mandatory use of the mask and security principals such as plexiglass glasses positioned on judges' desks to isolate and space them during the oral treatment of disputes by lawyers. All this though though, In light of the numbers of the infected, It is not sufficient to guarantee adequate safety and prevention levels. Even the simple gesture of passing the office file to the colleague risks being fatal for the purposes of the transmission of the virus. In these conditions, not even wearing gloves would serve to ward off the problem. It is for these reasons that they are necessary and urgent cleaning and constant sanitizations of these very popular environments. It would also be appropriate to establish the mandatory presence of ad hoc staff, positioned at the entrance of the bathrooms, that sanitizes the environment every time it is used.
In light of the inconveniences and problems reported, It is necessary to reach a closure for at least 20 days of all judicial offices and prepare a serious security and sanitization program that can guarantee the right to health of all subjects confluential in the structures. This momentary closure of the various judicial holes would be preparatory to the identification of all security and prevention measures to be put in place.
With the reopening of the offices, the organization of the hearings with times cadenced by the 9:00 in the morning at 15:00 afternoon. Only in this way can a greater number of causes treated for each hearing be guaranteed with the possibility for lawyers to better organize their work and reach even more holes on the same day.
Still, At the regional institutional level it would be useful to establish a permanent committee, composed of members
of civil society, psychologists, psychotherapists, sociologists and doctors for concrete and close monitoring of
All problems related to Covid –19 and related security and prevention measures to be implemented.
To our President of the Region, Vincenzo De Luca, We therefore ask to act in this sense as soon as possible and not to underestimate the problem, Also because omissions of this kind constitute the extremes for the crime of culpable epidemic.
Another aspect not to be underestimated, closely related to the spread of pandemic, it is the psychological one. More and more people find themselves having to live dramatic situations both from a psychological and economic point of view. Therefore, the establishment of such a service, associated with a toll -free number, It would be used to offer moral support and closeness to all those who following the state of emergency due to Covid have suffered serious consequences and inconveniences.
In the end, A dutiful digression is also necessary for reference to the injury contribution and social security issue of lawyers. In this regard, The assistance body of the Cassa Forensse lawyers is asked to access the funds provided for by the European Union and to surrogate on these for the payment of all taxes due by the members so as to be able to really configure a concrete assistance end and offer effective help to all professionals in difficulty.
