Brava: Ombudsman holds awareness and information session in Fogo and Brava region

On Tuesday, the Ombudsman's Office is holding an information and awareness session on Brava Island, with the aim of publicizing its activities and functions and boosting greater citizen participation.

According to a press release sent to Inforpress, during these five years and 10 months of office, the Ombudsman received three complaints from the island of Brava and 31 from the island of Fogo.

That is why he decided to carry out this awareness-raising action which will be in charge of the assistant ombudsman Vera Querido, thus allowing people to have better knowledge about the role of the ombudsman in promoting the rights, freedoms, guarantees and legitimate interests of citizens.

To start the program, a meeting is scheduled for the morning with the students of the Eugénio Tavares Secondary School, then he will meet with the population of the island, community associations, employees of municipal services, devolved from the State.

To end activities on the island, there will also be a meeting with the population of Furna at 3:30 pm.

On the island of Fogo, the Ombudsman's Office has scheduled a meeting with law students from the Ponta Verde Secondary School.

The Ombudsman is an independent and auxiliary body of the political power, elected by the National Assembly.

Its essential attribution is to defend and promote the rights, freedoms, guarantees and legitimate interests of citizens, ensuring, through informal means, justice, legality and regularity in the exercise of public powers.

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