Public Attorneys Office(PAO)

September 12, 2019 Dear Lian Buan, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jun 11, 2019 11:34:00 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for Ratio of lawyers per cases handled. Particularly, you requested information on the following covering the FY 2018: "1. The number of lawyers the Public Attorney's Office (PAO) currently has vis a vis the number of positions available 2. Ratio on how many lawyers handle how many cases. I will be glad to receive the data culled from the latest timeframe, or if available, through the years. 3. Breakdown of the number and types of cases handled by PAO 4. Data on conviction rate and successful prosecution rate" Response to your request We were able to determine that this particular information is already available online and therefore cannot be counted as a valid FOI request. You may retrieve your requested information from the Annual Reports Tab under the Transparency Seal page. Here is the link: http://www.pao.gov.ph/page.php?id=125 Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to the Chief Public Attorney, 5F DOJ Agencies Building, NIA Road corner East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City or e-mail to [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, PAO-FOSS-DM PAO FOI Officer