Africa-Press – Angola. The Attorney of the Republic, Marty Olavo Kandando, warned, this Monday (31), in Caxito, Bengo province, about the need to create a Maritime Court in the country, to prevent litigation.
Speaking about “Maritime Litigation”, in the second days of legal awareness, the prosecutor, considered that the country should think about the creation of a Maritime Court, in order to prevent itself and not wait for there to be many litigations to proceed with the same.
“Several countries have already done so and it is recommended that Angola do so as well. The Maritime Court is a force of the Judiciary that would certainly help to improve the living conditions of those involved in the sector and in the resolution of disputes, should it be affected criminal competence”, he explained.
The prosecutor also referred to the need for greater dissemination of maritime litigation, as many are unaware of the existence of a specialized room in the District Courts to resolve this type of litigation.
“There is a lot of work to be done in terms of publicizing the maritime litigation room so that more people can come to this Court”, he said.
Regarding piracy at sea, he clarified that the Angolan penal legislation has a deficit, since it does not typify this crime, but, even so, there are initiatives that propose to collaborate in the fight against it.
The PGR awareness days in Bengo aim to raise the legal awareness of the population on issues related to customs, tax, maritime litigation and consumer rights.
Yesterday, the day is reserved for presentations on Food Safety and Consumer Rights.
In Bengo, the Public Prosecutor’s Office is represented in the municipalities of Dande, Ambriz, Nambuangongo, Dembos, Bula Atumba and Pango Aluquém.
More than 200 passports to be picked up
Two hundred and seventy-eight passports are awaiting collection at the Migration and Foreigners Service (SME), in Bengo province, against the 130 documents of 2021.
In the first 8 months of this year, 489 ordinary passports were issued to citizens of the province, of which only 247 were delivered.
To the 247, there was a total of 36 that were still to be collected, totaling 278 documents, Celina Napoleão, responsible for the Institutional Communication and Press Office of the SME in Bengo, informed ANGOP.
He justified the delay in collecting the document by the fact that it was faster to issue it and took a month to be processed, as opposed to the three to four months in previous times.
“We no longer have material problems and we are dealing with passports in the normal way”, he underlined. In the same period, he said, 175 visas were extended.
As for immigration enforcement, in the first eight months of this year, 53 citizens were questioned and detained, of which 35 from the DRC for illegal entry and stay and 18 nationals for aiding illegal immigration.
The Migration and Foreigners Service (SME) registers 1,114 foreigners in the province of Bengo. Of this number, 654 are holders of work visas, 266 are asylum seekers, 75 are refugees, 77 are residents, 32 have a temporary stay visa, 3 have a privileged visa, four are detained in Caboxa Penitentiary and 5 are in an illegal migratory situation.
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