Brasília, 6/18/2003 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - The Senate and the Ministry of Justice have begun discussions on Judiciary reform with a meeting of senators José Jorge and Edson Lobão, members of the Senate commission dealing with the matter, and the minister of Justice, Marcio Thomaz Bastos.

According to senator Jorge, "This is an urgent reform. We need to alleviate the workload in the courts. A delay of justice is a lack of justice." (AB)