The state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the federal government are said to be largely responsible for the fact that the introduction of the e-file in Hesse is delayed and the costs for the e-justice project are getting out of hand.
Justice Minister Eva Kühne-Hörmann (CDU) announced this on Monday in Wiesbaden and went on the offensive after the allegations against her.
She warned that design errors in the e-file could lead to difficulties within the judiciary because the files of one state are not always compatible with the software platform of another.
According to Kühne-Hörmann, the Hessian State Audit Office rejected her request for advice on the introduction of the project in 2017.
According to a report by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on March 24, the six-year delay in introducing the e-file and the fact that costs have risen from originally 37 million to now 168 million euros led to massive criticism of the justice minister.
In addition, other federal states are more advanced than Hesse in converting to e-files.
In its annual report, the state audit office stated that expectations were not defined and attested that the Ministry of Justice had "inadequate" project management.
The opposition in the state parliament accused Kühne-Hörmann of failure and irresponsibility.