Africa-Press – Angola. The Attorney General’s Office (PGR) is investigating 20 cases related to embezzlement and related crimes involving, among others, former public managers and businessmen from the province of Lunda Sul.
The information was disclosed Monday, to the press by the Deputy Attorney General of the Republic and head of Lunda Sul, Deodato Inácio, during the opening ceremony of the week of legality, within the scope of the 44th anniversary of the institution, to be marked on the 27th of the current month.
He underlined that the investigation of cases involving former public managers, and others, has been going on for some years under the secrecy of justice and some are already in the final phase.
“We have about 15 ongoing processes involving businessmen who benefited from State works and did not meet the established deadlines. If there are criminal matters, these will be brought to court,” he added.
He made it known that the fight against corruption in the province is a fact, despite not having many cases.
He informed that, during the first quarter of the current year, the body received three processes that are in the investigation phase.
According to Deodato Inácio, the length of some processes has to do with the scarcity of technicians, a situation that the central bodies of the PGR are working to overcome.
In this sense, he informed that the PGR in Lunda Sul needs 20 magistrates and more than 30 justice technicians.
Government of Lunda Sul
On the occasion, the Deputy Governor for Technical Services and Infrastructure of Lunda Sul, Cláudio Pemessa, praised the role played by the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) in defending democratic legality and the interests of citizens, in accordance with the Law.
He reaffirmed the commitment of the local Government to provide institutional support to the justice bodies, through the creation of decent conditions for accommodation of PGR staff in the region, to better perform their functions.
He recalled that, within the framework of the Constitution, the Public Prosecutor’s Office is called upon to zealously carry out its function as a supervisor of legality, establishing a close balance between the two legal levels, the Constitutional and the Criminal.
He advocated more pedagogical actions to raise the levels of knowledge of the laws in force in the country by the population, since the exercise of citizenship involves knowledge of their duties and rights.
The week of legality takes place under the motto “Prosecutor’s Office: Defense of the public interest and fundamental rights of citizens in administrative justice”.
During the event, the PGR in Lunda Sul will promote lectures on “the Public Prosecutor’s Office in the defense of the public interest and the fundamental rights of citizens in administrative justice”, a meeting called “talk to the prosecutor”, and cultural and sporting activities.
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