Menongue – A protocol of institutional cooperation between the National Union of Judiciary Technicians and Administrative Staff of the Attorney General´s Office (SINTEJA/PGR) and the provincial council of the Angolan Bar Association (OAA) was signed on Friday, in Menongue, with the aim of defending the interests of the members of this association.
Speaking to the press at the end of the activity, the provincial secretary of SINTEJA/PGR, Alberto Viagem Tutuvala Chivala, said that the protocol presents a set of conditions to facilitate the interests of justice administration experts, when they are faced with a contentious situation in the exercise of their activities.
He explained that, besides the strengthening of the institutional partnership, joint activities could be carried out for specific training and capacity-building seminars on legal and other matters of common interest.
In Cuando Cunbango Province, SINTEJA/PGR controls approximately 45 technicians, of which 36 are formally registered.
“The cooperation is a precaution, since we are subject to civil or criminal disciplinary proceedings in which we need an institution that advocates for us and we believe that this institution is the Angolan Bar Association (OAA) because it is the one that works and deals with judicial matters”, he stressed.
On his turn, the OAA representative in the province, Telmo Fançony Chiuila, stressed that the protocol will allow that, in those situations where one or another disciplinary process is opened against one of the members, the Bar Association will provide the necessary legal assistance.
Cuando Cubango Province has 106 lawyers, 51 of whom are senior and 55 are trainees.
Source: Angola Press News Agency