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of the State sector; payment of bonuses and of the thirteenth bonus month;
respect for labour laws, internal regulations and the agreements arrived at with State
sector organisations; respect for labour organisations and their leaders; derogation
of war decrees and anti-worker decrees; compliance with the job and work manuals,
classifications, salary scales and evaluations; ratification and implementation of
Agreement 151 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO); respect for the
autonomy of State entities; approval of an “Administrative, scientific and democratic
career;” non-modification of the Organic Law of the Social Security Administration
and other social laws, such modification being intended to reduce the benefits
thereby provided for; satisfactory response to the situation of the construction
workers sector, of the students of the National Institute, of the war refugees, and of
the residents of Loma Cová;13
b.
on November 16, 1990, through note 2515-90DM, the State rejected the
petition submitted by the Co-ordinating Organisation of State Enterprise Workers
Unions;14
c.
the Co-ordinating Organisation of State Enterprise Workers Unions issued
convocation publicly for a march on December 4, 1990, and a 24-hour work
stoppage the following day.15 The public protest demonstration was held on
13
cfr. Testimony of Ramón Lima-Camargo delivered before the Inter-American Court on January
26, 2000; testimony of José Mauad-Doré delivered before the Inter-American Court on January 26, 2000;
testimony of Manrique Mejía delivered before the Inter-American Court on January 26, 2000; testimony
of Luis Antonio Batista-Juárez delivered before the Inter-American Court on January 26, 2000; testimony
of Guillermo Endara-Galimany delivered before the Inter-American Court on January 27, 2000; testimony
of Guillermo Alfredo Ford-Boyd delivered before the Inter-American Court on January 27, 2000; an article
of the “La Estrella de Panamá” daily newspaper entitled “Thousands of public employees against the
economic measures of the government,” published on October 17, 1990; a special SITINTEL bulletin
entitled “Information summary on our current struggle;” note CSJ-SNG-354-94 of October 3, 1994, from
the Vice President Justice in charge of the Presidency of the Supreme Court of Panama addressed to the
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama; an article of the “La Estrella de Panamá” daily newspaper entitled
“Workers ratify a national strike and a march,” published on December 3, 1990; a Resolution of the
Labour Union Freedom Committee in Case N° 1569 “Complaints against the Government of Panama filed
by the International Confederation of Free Labour Union Organisations (CIOSL), the Workers Union of the
Water Resources and Electric Power Institute (SITIRHE) and the Workers Union of the National
Telecommunications Institute (SITINTEL);” the December 13, 1990 minutes of the Legislative Assembly
pertaining to the discussion of the Law 25 draft bill; an article of the “El Siglo” daily newspaper entitled
“National work stoppage December 5, 1990” published on December 3, 1990; and the record of the
proceedings before the Full Supreme Court concerning the three unconstitutionality remedies filed
December 21 and 24, 1990, by Vicente Archibold-Blake in representation of Isaac Rodrígued; by
Santander Trustán-Donoso et al.; and by Basilio Chong-Gómez in representation of Rolando Miller et al.
against Law 25 of December 14, 1990.
14
cfr. Testimony of Ramón Lima-Camargo delivered before the Inter-American Court on January
26, 2000; testimony of Manrique Mejía delivered before the Inter-American Court on January 26, 2000;
testimony of Luis Antonio Batista Juárez delivered before the Inter-American Court on January 26, 2000;
testimony of Guillermo Alfredo Ford-Boyd delivered before the Inter-American Court on January 27, 2000;
labour union communiqué of November 17, 1990, issued by the National Co-ordinating Organisation for
the Right to Life; and note CSJ-SNG-354-94 of October 3, 1994, from the Vice President Justice in charge
of the Presidency of the Supreme Court of Panama addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama.
15
cfr. testimony of José Mauad-Doré delivered before the Inter-American Court on January 26,
2000; testimony of Rogelio Cruz-Ríos delivered before the Inter-American Court on January 26, 2000;
testimony of Manrique Mejía delivered before the Inter-American Court on January 26, 2000; testimony
of Guillermo Endara-Galimany delivered before the Inter-American Court on January 27, 2000; testimony
of Guillermo Alfredo Ford-Boyd delivered before the Inter-American Court on January 27, 2000;
testimony of Jorge de-la-Guardia delivered before the Inter-American Court on January 27, 2000;
testimony of Marta de-León-de-Bermúdez delivered before the Inter-American Court on January 27, 2000;
an article of the “La Estrella de Panamá” daily newspaper entitled “Thousands of workers marched and
reiterated the work stoppage today,” published December 5, 1990; labour union communiqué of
November 17, 1990, issued by the National Co-ordinating Organisation for the Right to Life; an article of
the “La Estrella de Panamá” daily newspaper entitled “Workers ratify national strike and a march,”
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