Luanda – Mozambican Ombudsman Isaque Chande Friday in Luanda said the excessive delay of the courts in taking decision causes various problems for citizens and jeopardizes the security of justice.
“The problem related to justice, whether in Angola or Mozambique, lies in the excessive time taken by the courts to decide, which is not good for the citizen or even for the security of justice”, he regretted.
In his view, the courts need to decide in good time, give an immediate response to the citizen. The delay in taking decisions causes serious problems for the citizen, who often takes the law into one’s own hands.
Isaque Chande was speaking to ANGOP on the sidelines of the re-launch ceremony of the work “Public Administration and Executive Power of Angola”, and the reedited books “Angolan Administrative Litigation” and “ Fiscal and Customs Justice”.
During the new presentation of these “academic products”, by the Angolan jurist Cremildo Paca, the Mozambican magistrate underlined that the States need to organise themselves to provide answers to the citizens requesting the judicial services.
However, explained the Ombudsman, it is required of the States to organize more and to intensify the training of judicial magistrates and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, in order to provide quick responses to users.
He said, Angola and his country are moving in the right direction, with the INEJ and the universities being unequivocal proof of this, and that in Mozambique the process of extending the legal-judicial training centers is underway to increase the training capacity of magistrates.
As for the work, he said that it was an “enormous” contribution to legal literacy and that it should be used for consultation by students and, fundamentally, by those who prosecute justice.
Source: Angola Press News Agency