Attorney General’s Office complains of lack of funds

 Luanda - Attorney General's Office (PGR) is struggling with scarce funds to properly carry out its work, the institution’s boss Hélder Pitta Groz said on Wednesday

Answering the concerns raised by MPs in Parliament, during a debate on 2023 State Budget (OGE), the magistrate said there is a big difference in funds between the PGR and the Courts.

"PGR has more magistrates than the Courts: This means that the institution (PGR) needs more money", Pitta Groz has stressed.

To him, judges only work in the Courts, the MP magistrates operate in different areas such as the Criminal Investigation Service (SIC) , Migration and Foreigners Service (SME), Penitentiary Service.

According to the source, as the Courts receive higher portion of budget than that of the PGR, it means that Court employees have other befits the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) do not have, due to limited resources allocated to them.

With scant resources "it will be very difficult for us to continue to provide the services that the population expects from us", regretted Attorney General Hélder Pita Groz.