Africa-Press – Angola. More than seventy lawyers from the Bié Provincial Council improved in the city of Cuito, techniques and knowledge linked to appeals as a means of defending citizens’ rights and guarantees.
During the round table, framed within the scope of December 10th, International Day of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the assistants improved mechanisms in the appeals phase in light of the new Code of Criminal Procedure (CPP).
On the occasion, the military prosecutor of the 4th infantry division of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) of Bié, Gervásio Helicalele, highlighted that the Public Prosecutor’s Office is a fundamental body in carrying out justice, both in the procedural investigation and in defending the release of the accused, as well as monitoring procedural acts in higher appeals to the Supreme Court to avoid tax evasion.
For lawyer Edson Alfredo, it is necessary for assistants to pay greater attention to the deadlines in the procedural process, otherwise their rights will become untimely, as well as to differentiate the actions/processes that must be appealed to the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court.
Furthermore, he considered it essential to adopt new strategies to put an end to the slowness in processes, as this does not contribute to the achievement of justice.
The judge of the Camacupa District Court, Paulo Camissombo, asserted that the appeal, in addition to constituting a means of fundamental guarantee for citizens, is also a continuation of the action filed in the first instance that the higher court must assess.
Paulo Camissombo also defended the contribution of lawyers, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the courts or other bodies that intervene in the implementation of justice in the normalization of institutions, as well as advising lawyers to increasingly improve the justification of the request in the context of an appeal.
In turn, the general director of the Instituto Superior Politécnico Ndunduma do Cuito, António Eduardo, drew the attention of lawyers in order to clearly present the procedural documents, differentiating from factual and legal issues, for better assessment by the court and ensuring the defense of consultants.
Meanwhile, the president of the Council of Lawyers in Bié, António Buta, said that it is the intention to continue to carry out similar activities with a view to adopting necessary tools for assistants in protecting the rights of their constituents/clients.
The province of Bié, central Angola, has almost two million inhabitants, 56 lawyers and 84 interns.
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