Quote Originally Posted by Galactus View Post
And in real life, yung mga fiscals na yan, they just sit on their chairs most of the time. The private lawyers of the complainants do all the work in the courtroom. The things you see in American legal dramas wherein the ADA's (the equivalent of our fiscals), do the direct/cross-examination and objections, do not happen here, and I've been attending hearings for almost 5 years in QC, Pasig City and Makati. Makes me wonder if our taxpayer's money is being squandered.
i have to disagree with you on this. you can check the calendar of cases of a regular trial court in a week and look at their list of criminal cases. you will see that majority of the cases are not handled by private prosecutors since most people cannot afford one or they forego the services of a private counsel.

the reason why you don't see the fiscal do the direct or cross is because the private prosecutor, if there is one, asked permission and authority from the fiscal to do it and the fiscal delegates the prosecution of the case. if the amount involved in estafa and b.p. 22 cases are substantial, it is likely that there will be a private prosecutor involved. but most criminal cases that clog the dockets of courts are not of these type.