Effective and fexible mechanisms needed to fight crime in Mozambique – President

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Effective and fexible mechanisms needed to fight crime in Mozambique – President

7:38 CAT | 05 Sep 2016

TVM / From left to right: David Simango, Maputo Mayor, José Mandra, chancellor of ACIPOL, president Filipe Nyusi, Attorney General Beatriz Buchilli and Minister of the Interior Jaime Basílio Monteiro at the opening of the Seminar on 'Dynamics of Crime in Mozambique; Challenges for its Prevention and Combat'.

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Friday urged the Attorney-General’s Office (PGR) and the Police Academy (ACIPOL) to identify effective and flexible mechanisms for preventing and fighting crime.

Speaking at the opening of a seminar on “Current Dynamics of Crime in Mozambique”, organised by the two institutions, Nyusi said they needed to build continually the capacity of their staff so that they can perform their missions to the full.

The training provided by ACIPOL, the President said, should go beyond awarding academic degrees. The Academy should also train police officers in how to prevent crimes before they happen, and if they do happen, how to confront them successfully.

As for the PGR, Nyusi stressed that attorneys must be armed with the methodological weapons that allow them to head investigations, collecting all the necessary information to charge suspects and bring them to trial.

The ultimate goal of the PGR, ACIPOL and the entire machinery of the administration of justice, he added, was to satisfy the needs of citizens who have recently been facing a wave of violent crimes, including kidnappings, armed robberies, and the murders of albinos, in order to extract their body parts for superstitious rituals.

To meet the needs of Mozambican society, Nyusi said, the PCR and ACIPOL should design methods that ensure greater flexibility and speed in solving crimes. They should also identify the constraints that prevent them from carrying out fully their responsibility as protectors of society and enforcers of the law.

The various bodies involved in the administration of justice might have their differences, but these were irrelevant to ordinary citizens.

“When a crime happens all that a citizen wants is that it should be solved as quickly as possible, that his property should be recovered, and that the criminal answer to a court”, stressed Nyusi. “What is important for the citizen is that the servants of his state should also be at his service”.

Attorney-General Beatriz Buchili told the meeting that she wanted to look at new approaches to fighting crime, and to reflect on the social transformations that occur as a result of crime.

“It is our expectation”, she said, “that together we can make a critical analysis and assess the current models of crime prevention, and the possibility of improving the involvement of communities in preventing crime”.

The deputy vice-chancellor of ACIPOL, Fernando Tsucana, said the seminar is being held because “we can’t close our eyes” to the rise in crime, particularly organised crime. He could not accept the excuse of some officials in the administration of justice that the shortage of resources justifies a rise in crime.

“We can’t remain inert before reality”, he urged. “Measures must be taken to prevent these phenomena from multiplying. In our opinion, the fundamental resource is knowledge and intelligence, knowledge of the characteristics of criminal phenomena, their origin, evolution and trends”.

Source: AIM