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It also appears that the number of lawyers legally provided for the Brussels public prosecutor’s office has been reached and that the regulations prevent additional temporary recruitment to compensate for the lack of magistrates. With no prospect of improving the situation in the medium term, the Brussels public prosecutor’s office explains that it is “forced to make structural adjustments to its organization and its criminal policies in order to work most effectively with the reduced means at its disposal. In doing so, impact is spread across multiple areas without touching priority areas where possible“. The spokesperson further stresses that despite a reduction in prosecutions in some specific areas, total impunity will be “always avoided“. “Given the impossibility of fulfilling all our legal obligations, clear choices must be made to preserve the processing and quality of priority cases and to guarantee an acceptable workload.“, concludes the press release.
Contacted, the office of the Minister of Justice, Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open VLD), specifies that it is aware of the situation and has requested a revision of the job vacancies plan in order to allow the Brussels public prosecutor’s office to hire the necessary magistrates.
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