[general_re]

The right to counsel is mandatory because the law states it.

The exercise of that right is certainly not mandatory. I have the right to counsel, but nobody is mandating that I hire a lawyer, or that a lawyer be hired on my behalf regardless of circumstance.

[AndrewC]

The exercise of that right is certainly not mandatory. I have the right to counsel, but nobody is mandating that I hire a lawyer, or that a lawyer be hired on my behalf regardless of circumstance.

Then you are saying the law is meaningless. That is just plain senseless. "(g) To be properly educated. " (i) "To receive necessary services and rehabilitation. " etc.