Hélder Pitta Grós was speaking at the opening of the Consultative Council of the Attorney General's Office, which began in Luanda this Thursday and will last for two days.
According to Helder Pitta Grós, this year the Attorney General's Office benefited from the arrival of 175 new Public Prosecutor's Office magistrates, the largest number of new prosecutors ever registered in the institution, all of whom were placed outside Luanda.
“However, there is apparent relief with regard to the number of prosecutors [but] this will soon disappear, as in January next year the country will have three more provinces”, which will mean redistributing the existing Public Prosecutor's Office magistrates to serve the new provincial bodies to be created, said Hélder Pitta Grós.
This year, Angola gained the provinces of Icolo and Bengo, Cuando and Moxico Leste, now having 21 provinces.
According to the Attorney General, the need to place magistrates in these provinces is compounded by the need to create working conditions and facilities for the new Attorney General's services.
“We therefore take this opportunity to appeal to the competent State bodies to support us in this endeavor, since the services of the Attorney General's Office are essential to guarantee social peace and respect for the law,” he stressed.
In statements to the press, the Attorney General of the Republic of Angola said that the United Nations establishes a ratio of one attorney for every ten thousand inhabitants, a number that the country is unable to achieve for several reasons, including a lack of training capacity.
Hélder Pitta Grós said that he depends on the Institute of Judicial Studies for training his human resources, “which has its limitations.”
Regarding the achievements recorded this year, the Attorney General highlighted the start of the digital transformation project in October, with the aim of dematerializing documents.
“At the end of the project, which will last four years, we hope to obtain significant gains in terms of optimizing services, namely the gradual reduction of dependence on paper, resulting from the dematerialization process, acceleration of access to information and operational improvement and efficiency, as well as the implementation of application systems that will simplify activities and improve the flow and work of the (...) institution throughout the country”, he expressed.
