Abdelatif Wahbi, the Minister of Justice, has reiterated his call for court administrators to continue implementing the ministry’s strategy to track and support the performance of notification and collection units, contributing to improved efficiency in public debt recovery.
In a letter addressed to those concerned, the Minister urged the adoption of regular and precise mechanisms to monitor and evaluate the performance of these units, ensuring continuous access to data related to their activities and tracking the status of the logistical resources at their disposal, particularly utility vehicles and motorcycles in terms of quantity and technical condition, along with allocated fuel quotas.
Wahbi emphasized the necessity of monitoring human resources’ performance concerning numbers, distribution, tasks, and training needs, in addition to identifying obstacles hindering the units’ workflow and keeping track of the public prosecutor’s staff contributions to notification and external collection operations.
The Minister underlined the importance of activating notification offices concerning all criminal cases, whether decided in person or in absentia, including traffic offenses and minor offenses, while ensuring efficient and systematic management of notification returns, without any neglect or shortfall.
Wahbi advocated for the process of issuing orders for collections and managing them for all judicial rulings that include fines, monetary penalties, or judicial expenses, immediately after exhausting regular appeal avenues and the expiration of a 30-day period from the date of the pronouncement of in-person judgments or from the date of notification of the judicial rulings.
He also called on administrative officials to provide the Ministry of Justice’s Budget Directorate with an accurate count of the situation regarding custody for public debts, paying special attention to the notification of criminal judgments related to minor offenses, and enhancing coordination with local authorities in this regard.
The Minister urged the same Directorate to submit, before the end of April each year, lists of employees effectively tasked with notification and collection, as well as those responsible for clearing fees and judicial expenses, within the specified deadlines.
His directives also included a focus on activating the process of public debt fragmentation, considering the debtor’s commitment as a guarantee, under the discretion of the accountant responsible for collection, as well as the process of canceling public debts that cannot be collected.
In conclusion, Abdelatif Wahbi stated that the Ministry of Justice has taken several initiatives and practical measures to monitor and support the work of notification and collection units across various courts in the kingdom, allocating significant financial resources to provide the necessary human resources, logistical means, and managerial tools.
