DPP, a serious joke!

Friday, February 21, 2020

Not long ago, we published an Editorial Comment headlined “Justice delayed is justice denied’ in relation to the tendency of the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) to rush to charge suspected criminals left, right and centre, only for the cases to stall before the trial commences.

This remains a public concern on a justice system. May be the Directorate should be rechristened the Directorate of Public Persecution given spates of botched attempts at prosecution.

But this week, we learnt with shock that an office of the same DPP is actually broke to an extent that it is unable to transport its officers (prosecutors) to Court for cases they are prosecuting.

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