PUBLIC Attorney’s Office chief Persida Rueda-Acosta has been assured of her agency’s continued free legal services through First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos’ ‘Lab for All’ program.
Rueda-Acosta described the free legal service as the ‘most effective’ in bringing the government closer to the people.
“This is the kind of an initiative that we must fully support because more Filipino people are availing of all services being provided free by all concerned government agencies including PAO.”
“There is no politics here, I see many elective officials, who may have different political party affiliations but they are all joining the caravan, which is an initiative of the first lady and President Bongbong Marcos Jr.,” the chief public attorney added.
Rueda-Acosta said she and other PAO officials led by Deputy Chief Public Attorney Erwin Erfe and their team of public lawyers would always make sure to be in the ‘Lab for All’ caravans which have been visiting even the remotest areas across the country.
“We really find this project worth-keeping as it makes the government much closer to our fellow ‘kababayan’ (countrymen) especially those in far-flung areas where they have no immediate access especially to legal and proper medical services, among others.”
The program is not just about providing medical services to the Filipino people, it is about bringing services from other government agencies.
Mrs. Marcos said it’s been her husband’s primary goal that the government must be the one that should go directly to the people and not the other way around.
At the recent caravan in Mandaluyong City, the PAO chief estimated that about 5, 000 residents had benefited from various services extended by the government agencies during the event.
The two top PAO officials personally attended to the city residents who availed of various legal services.
During a short program, Rueda-Acosta said: “We all gathered here to serve the Filipino people and be united for progress, peace and justice for all.”
Other government agencies that extended free services included the Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Health, Department of Migrant Workers, Department of the Interior and Local Government, National Housing Authority and Pag-IBIG Fund, among others.
