Africa-Press – Angola. The small number of judges, court officials and administrative staff is making it impossible to create five District Courts in the province of Malanje, foreseen in the country’s judicial framework.
The information was given yesterday by the Judicial Secretary of the Provincial Court, Domingos Pereira António, when he was carrying out the balance sheet for the first quarter of this year, stressing that the said Courts are foreseen under the terms of organic law no 29/11, on the organization and functioning of the Courts of Common Jurisdiction.
He made it known that the five Comarca units are destined to the municipalities of Cacuso, Calandula, Cambundi-catembo, Cunda-Dia-base and Malanje, aiming to bring the judicial services closer to the citizens.
Without advancing the necessary number, he explained that the Provincial Court of Malanje has only 11 magistrates and 33 administrative technicians and justice officials, a negligible figure to meet the procedural demand.
He stressed that the working conditions in the Malanje Court are precarious, having pointed out the lack of proper and decent infrastructure as the main difficulty in the sector.
“Since 2019, for infrastructural reasons, the Court has stopped hosting its services in the old building of the three AAA, being at that time working in the residence provided by the government”, he said, adding that so far there are no solutions for the situation. frame change.
On the other hand, he made it known that a large part of the 195 cases received by the Provincial Court in the civil and administrative area, during the first quarter of this year, are from the family room, caught in the exercise of parental authority.
Of this number, he made it known that 78 citizens were subpoenaed to provide maintenance to minors in cases of evading paternity.
Another 133 criminal cases received, 14 of which are related to the criminal prevention of minors in conflict with the law.
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