Acosta asks Duterte to veto provision defunding PAO lab in 2020 budget

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Chief Public Attorney Persida Acosta claims the PAO forensic lab was defunded to 'jeopardize its operations' but lawmakers have said that the lab just duplicated the work of other agencies.

, because it was not created by a specific law, only by Acosta. It is also not found in PAO's charter.

Acosta has argued that the PAO lab has received funds allotted by the Department of Budget and Management since the unit was created in 2004."We humbly reiterate that the 2018 GAA gave the DBM the power to approve minor changes in the organizational structure and staffing pattern of agencies, and create positions up to a division chief and equivalent level under the Executive branch – the legal basis for the change in the structure of the Office of the Chief Public Attorney," she said.

In defense of the lab, Acosta had said that PAO's mandate to investigate victims of the anti-torture law requires its own forensic lab. Acosta argued that the Commission on Human Rights also has its own forensic services. PAO, with forensic consultant Erwin Erfe leading the autopsies, has filed more than a hundred cases linking deaths do anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia despite the absence of scientific proof linking between Dengvaxia and the deaths."The inevitable consequence thereof is the denial of adequate legal assistance to PAO clients by reason of their poverty," said Acosta.

"You, Mr President, are the only hope not only of PAO but of our millions of poor, downtrodden and oppressed clients who, more often than not, feel that justice remains to be elusive because of their dire financial state, which prevents them from fully presenting their cases in court," said the PAO chief. –

 

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Ha Di ko na-gets... may provision bang ganon? Na magdefund Ang pagkakaal ko sa GAB eh mga Budget lang lahat dun...

Bugok na rappler na Naman. Paano magduplicate Ang department sa public atty office or DoH to PAO is far different functions. Mag aral Naman Sana pag may time Ang rappler people.

Hindi kailangan ng mangkukulam ang funds.

Umiyak ka Persida. Dapat himatayin ka girl...

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