AMMAN — The
future of the
Jordan Teachers’ Syndicate (JTS) hangs in the balance while its
executive council challenges a verdict by the Courts of Appeal at the Court of
Cassation, the country’s highest judicial authority.
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The Amman Court of
Appeal ruled on June 26 to cease the prosecution of the teachers’ syndicate,
but upheld the Court of First Instance’s 2020 decision to dissolve the
association’s council, central body, and branches.
In the appeal
filed by members of the JTS council challenging their one-year prison sentences
for illegal assembly and inciting hatred at educational institutions, the court
upheld the decision in principle, but reduced the sentence to three months.
Attorney for the
teachers’ syndicate
Bassam Al-Fraihat told
Jordan News that the JTS’ future
relies entirely on the definitive verdict to be issued by the Court of
Cassation, which could come out in September or October. “There are no new
council elections until the final verdict is out,” he said.
The Cassation
Court will “look into dissolving the syndicate’s council and its central body,”
Nour Aldeen Nadeem, JTS spokesperson, told
Jordan News.
“What we care
about now is that the syndicate is back, and is no longer pursued as an
institution,” Nadeem said. “It will resume its work in the near or far future,
which is a definitive verdict; its cadres are now safe.”
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