Today, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima lamented on the non-inclusion of budget for the hiring of the very much needed 733 new prosecutors nationwide in the 2011 proposed outlay for the Department of Justice.
This planned hiring is supposedly in compliance with Republic Act 10071 or the National Prosecution Service Act, which aims among others to achieve the ideal ratio of two prosecutors for every regional trial court judge; one prosecutor for every municipal trial court; and one prosecutor for every two municipal circuit trial court.
If realized this will definitely enhance and facilitate the speedy administration of justice in the country considering the high rate of population increase. However, it will not be the sole solution or the root cause of the country's rotten justice system; but it will be a good start and surely contribute in the much awaited improvement.
This is also a good news for all lawyers who want or aspire to be public prosecutors. It is also a very secured way of becoming a judge. I hope these positions are still up for grabs by the time I graduate from law school.
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