Caloocan public lawyers get incentives to expedite cases

Caloocan City Rep. Luis "Baby" Asistio donated cash and office equipment to the local Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) to boost the morale of the public lawyers and serve as incentive to expedite cases.

"Let’s us support our PAO lawyers for they are our unsung heroes working silently for our poor residents in their quest for justice," Asistio said.

Asistio turned over to the PAO lawyers, led by their national chief Persida Rueda-Acosta, three computer sets, five steel cabinets, 24 monoblock plastic chairs, and P90,000 in check in a ceremony held at the Caloocan City Jail.

According to Cenon Mayor, president of the Kalookan Assistance Council Inc. (KACI) which facilitated the project, Asistio, a reformed former prisoner, has chosen the local jail as the project’s beneficiary to let the inmates know that the government cares for them.

"Asistio also wants to inspire detainees to reform and have a normal life once released from prison," Mayor told The STAR.

The local PAO lawyers, headed by Davidson Sarmiento, are handling most of the cases of 1,973 prisoners at the Caloocan City Jail. — Pete Laude