6. The NPA's presentation of its strategic plan clearly indicated the changes made and was accompanied by clear reasons: Severe budget constraints have, among others, made it necessary for the NPA to scrutinise its indicators and targets, limiting the scope of high impact indicators and setting more realistic targets. However, the Committee is not pleased that targets have been lowered below present performance levels, despite the NPA's explanation that it cannot afford to replace experienced prosecutors when they leave and this does impact negatively on performance.