More Women in Prosecutor's Office Than Teenagers at Rose Square — Statistics Shock Even Meisters

Latvia's prosecutor's office statistics have revealed a shocking fact — 226 women work there compared to only 152 men. This means that ladies are better at dispensing justice, which, honestly speaking, is about as surprising as news that teenagers gather at Rose Square in the evenings with energy drinks.

Chief Prosecutor Meisters proudly reports that the gender distribution in senior prosecutor positions is balanced — 12 from each side. Does this mean they specifically counted, or did it just happen that way? Our local judicial assistant Inese comments: "In Riga, prosecutors argue about who will be the boss, but in Liepaja we simply go to work and judge fairly."

Particularly touching is the fact that 134 prosecutors have been working for more than 20 years, of whom 84 have reached retirement age. Parallel to this, 114 prosecutors have up to five years of experience. It's like a guild of master craftsmen and apprentices — some have seen everything, others still believe the system works.

Meisters promises that the personnel forecast is optimistic, which in the prosecutor's office context means that at least half of them plan to stay on the job. That's already an achievement, considering that in other fields optimism is measured by whether there are enough digits before the decimal point in your salary.

Speaking about pensions, Meisters admits that the situation isn't as complicated as for judges, but unified regulation is still needed. Whether this means prosecutors will retire with larger or smaller sums remains a mystery, but knowing our system, most likely with the same as now — enough to survive, but not enough to feel secure.