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| ‘Government seems to control parliament, not vice versa’ |
| Bratislava, 24.03.2017 |
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| The Slovak Spectator (TSS): One of your priorities was to make people more aware of your office’s work. Have you managed to achieve this goal?
Jana Dubovcová (JD): One of my priorities was to appoint a lawyer in each of Slovakia’s regions who would cooperate with the office of the public defender of rights, meet with people, and in case of need help them write and submit motions. People often address the public defender of rights with sensitive issues and in many cases, they would rather tell someone about it. If there were a lawyer, he/she could help them prepare a motion. Unfortunately, this hasn’t happened, as we didn’t receive enough money from the state budget.
Regarding the activities of the public defender of rights, we have used the full potential. We communicate with the public through all channels. Many people are aware of what the public defender of rights does and their motions more frequently concern matters within my scope of activity.
TSS: So the situation has improved during your term in the office?
JD: Regarding awareness, there is some progress. The press often addresses us, we organise press conferences and attend discussions. The situation, of course, could be better. But we received a slightly higher budget in 2017 for raising awareness, so I hope this trend will continue.
An increasing number of people now know how the public defender of rights can help them. More than half of the motions we received last year are legitimate. According to our information from the V4, it is normal for 50-60 percent of motions to concern matters that belong within the public defender of rights’ scope of activities. Of course, it can still be better.
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