AMMAN —
Democracy for the
Arab World Now (DAWN) has called on the Kingdom’s Minister of
Education to immediately comply with the court’s final decision, of June 26,
2022, and reinstate the now closed Jordan Teachers’ Syndicate.
اضافة اعلان
In an lengthy
report posted on November 21, the US-based organization urged the government to
end its retaliatory measures, including the arrest of teachers who protested,
prosecution of union board members, and the forced retirement of teachers who
have called for reforms.
“The Jordanian
government’s stubborn refusal to comply with the orders of its own judiciary
shows a troubling disrespect for the country’s citizens, (by) exempting itself
from the laws it expects them to abide by,” said DAWN Senior Consultant Jamal
Al-Tahat.
A DAWN statement said that following the syndicate’s appeal against its
closure and dissolution of its board by the state prosecutor, the court issued
its final decision of June 26, 2022, overturning the prosecutor’s decision to
suspend the syndicate and the request for elections for a new syndicate board.
Article 27 of the
Syndicate Law requires the
Minister of Education to set up an interim committee
to run the teachers’ syndicate in the event it is dissolved and to elect a new
board within six months.
In response to
demands from the syndicate to comply with the court order, former education
minister Wajih Owais claimed that the ministry had not officially received the
court’s decision.
On July 25 and
August 9, Syndicate lawyer Basam Fraihat formally wrote to Owais demanding that
he reopen the syndicate as per the court’s decision, the statement added.
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