On the Day of the Judiciary in the Dominican Republic the church calls on magistrates to exercise justice that is prompt, affordable and impartial.
Alina Storm – Vatican News
The Judiciary of the Dominican Republic met this Thursday at the Primate’s Cathedral of America to participate in the Eucharistic celebration for the Day of the Judiciary, presided over by the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, Monsignor Faustino Burgos Brisman, who congratulated the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Magistrate Luis Henry Molina, Deputy Attorney, Rodolfo Espiñeira and the many magistrates present at the celebration.
“As members of the judiciary, today they thank God and ask for his help to continue to exercise with dignity and decorum this noble and delicate mission that they have on their shoulders,” said the prelate. In his homily, he recalled that the magistrates have taken on “a strong mission”, a task that will always be a “flag”, as just as “praise” will come to them, they will also receive “reproaches”.
“Its noble mission is to impart justice always, with transparency, regardless of criteria, clinging to the law and ensuring that this justice leads to peace and concord among all,” Monsignor Burgos urged.
The prelate stressed that on this Day of the Judiciary we must review the trajectory of justice in the country in its republican stage, “look where we are and where we want to go, what are the achievements that we want to achieve and the successes that have already been achieved, but also, what awaits our society, what is the longing and cry of our society before justice “.
In this context, Monsignor Burgos invited to reflect projecting towards the future, towards “a justice that is fast, that is affordable, impartial, this justice that fulfills to full its mission and puts in execution the values and the laws”, to say.
Monsignor Burgos encouraged the magistrates present to maintain the quality of their work, “not to diminish,” especially in the face of the difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
To continue with “dignity and decorum” in his career, as explained by the assistant of Santo Domingo, is to make every Dominican who approaches a court in a court can say, “I come to seek what is really mine, what belongs to me is justice. ” Hence, the bishop’s call to “ask for light and discernment” from the Lord: “Now, in the position you are in, always give thanks to God.”