THE Public Attorney's Office (PAO) regularly enjoys high trust ratings because its personnel, including 2,500 public lawyers, are guided by three parameters — transparency, accountability and empowerment.
THE Public Attorney's Office regularly enjoys high trust ratings because its personnel, including 2,500 public lawyers, are guided by three parameters — transparency, accountability and empowerment.'Everybody can text or communicate directly with me through my public phone, any time, day and night, that I see and read myself. I would know quickly the problem of every Filipino,' PAO chief Persida Rueda-Acosta told The Manila Times' streaming show, 'PrimeTimes with Atty.
'But of course, they were dismissed after due process was accorded to them,' Rueda-Acosta said, adding that she makes sure that every lawyer and staff of PAO are accountable for whatever they do — good or bad.While she is strict with PAO's internal and civil service rules, Rueda-Acosta said she is quick to give rewards, 'even cash, as long as there are savings and allocations to the PAO personnel for doing their job well.
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