He was speaking at consultative meeting of the Judicial Reform Committee (JRC) members in Juba.
“The cooperation and collaboration in dealing with backlog of cases between the police, prosecutors and judges is there, but all that needs to be done is to put more commitment, efforts and resources,” said Madol.
According to the Justice minister, years of under funding of the judiciary has hampered its effectiveness in providing speedy justice to the public as required.
He further said the establishment of mobile courts requires finances to facilitate judges, prosecutors and police to go to places where their services are required.
Madol said police, prosecutors and judges are mandated to expedite justice.
‘We want to come up with plan to address case backlog, it is possible for the same Judicial Service Commission to come up with a plan on how to approach case backlog and get resources for judges to do what is required,” he stressed.
For his part, Justice James Ogoola, the Judicial Reform Committee chairperson said that the committee would finalize its report within the next two weeks.
Plans, he added, are underway to establish a judiciary with properly established system.
“We want in South Sudan in the near future, medium and for long term, the judiciary that is efficient, effective, competent, one that delivers access to justice for its court users,” stressed Ogoola, adding “We want a judiciary which delivers its work without fear from anybody or favor to anybody, which has appropriate tools for its job, a judiciary that will be equal to the challenges of post-conflict South Sudan”.
The JCR is responsible for assessing the functionality of the judiciary system as per the 2018 revitalised peace agreement. The body is mandated to investigate and report its findings on the judicial system to the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU).
