Based on monitoring in 2013, the Judicial System Monitoring Program identified that four types of cases dominated the workload of the four district courts. 
According to JSMP Executive Director Luis de Oliveira Sampaiu from January to July 2013 most cases registered in the four district courts involved domestic violence, homicide, theft or damage to property.
“It’s good there are a lot of domestic violence cases registered because people are starting to become aware that domestic violence is a public crime, so they’ve started to report it,” he said.
Director Sampaiu said there were other cases involving physical assault, but the number was small compared to last year so this was an improvement.
“There were many cases of theft, destruction of property and homicide last year but this year they’ve started decrease, so there’s not as many,” he said.
He added domestic violence cases were high in 2012 and were higher in 2013.
On the other hand, Member of Parliament Eladio Facultu said it was necessary to pay attention to the issue of domestic violence, as there were a lot of cases.
“If a domestic violence victim raises a case in court, this is good because domestic violence is considered a public crime, but the government has a role in raising awareness in the community to avoid increases in crime,” he said.
He also declared that homicide, destruction of property, theft and physical assault were normal things that happened in other countries, but said they sill needed to pay attention to these cases.
“As the economy is poor, it can pressure people into taking such actions, therefore the political system should be good so people avoid taking part in this behaviour,” said MP Facultu.
