AMMAN — On Sunday, the Court of Cassation upheld the decision of the Court of Appeals
not to dissolve the
Jordanian Teachers’ Syndicate (JTS) Council, said syndicate
attorney Bassam Freihat, a decision viewed as “a moral gain” by the council
Vice President Nasser Al-Nawasrah, but of “no value on the ground, given that
the council has already been dissolved”.
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The more recent case , according to Freihat,
concerns “donations made by the members of the syndicate’s council for the
benefit of the country” to help counter losses due the COVID-19 pandemic; “at
the time, 25 colleagues claimed that the donation was illegal, and asked for
the council to be dissolved”.
“The Court of First Instance issued the decision to
dissolve the council, but later, the Court of Appeals canceled the decision,
considering that the council’s behavior was noble and correct,” he said.
However, following another case in June this year,
this time connected to insurance issues, the Court of Appeals ordered the
syndicate and council dissolved, and gave council members, initial prison terms
of one year, which were later reduced to three months, a decision upheld by the
Court of Cassation.
Sunday the Court of Cassation upheld the decision of
the Court of Appeals, considering that “there is no need to issue a decision to
dissolve a council that is already dissolved,” Freihat said.
Nawasrah said that the decision to dissolve the
council was issued in June, and the syndicate regulations stipulate that a new
committee be formed within six months from the decision, in order to organize
elections to elect a new council, but “three months have passed” and no
committee has been formed yet, due to “some delays by authorities”.
Head of the Public Prosecution at the Court of
Cassation
Youssef Thiabat rejected JTS’ request to have the June decision that
dissolved the syndicate’s council, central body, and branches, and gave council
members jail sentences revised.
As a result, the ruling to dissolve the council and
its members’ prison sentences is final.
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