Lack of Prosecutors in Regional Courts in Angeles [ news writing class때]

By: Jung Dea-Woung

 

Angeles city- The employees in the Angeles Regional Courts are suffering from the lack of prosecutors. There are 11 regional courts in Angeles but only seven prosecutors serve their duty.

 

The presiding judge in Angeles Regional Court, Hon Omar D. Viola said, “I am available Monday, I am available Friday, I don’t have any trials on Monday and Friday. I only hold trials during Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday, because those are the only times that a public dependent lawyer and prosecutor are available. ‘Justice delayed and Justice dined.’ Is there any delay here? Yes, there is a delay. Therefore we are denying Justice.”

 

One judge holds more than 800 cases. However prosecutors serve only three days a week on each court. Therefore, the work of employees in the Angeles regional court concentrate on only three days. During three days, the judge has at least 180 trials. This causes too much pressure to do their work.

 

If a prosecutor is not available, all the trials are cancelled. This also affects people who are involved in trials. This has been happening since 2003. Angeles Regional Courts sent letters to the secretary of Justice, but there was no reply. People don’t want to apply for a job as a prosecutor because a prosecutor has too much work, and have a low wage salary.

 

Angeles Regional Courts have another problem which is the lack of public dependent lawyers. To solve this problem, Angeles Regional courts try to find voluntary lawyers who want to serve as public dependent lawyers from the Integrate Bar of the Philippines