Mr. Sekkouri was keen to emphasize that the version of the legislative text transmitted to the Chamber of Advisors is “temporary and open to amendments from parliamentary advisors”.
During this meeting, the minister reviewed the essential amendments to the bill, which include stipulating in an article, similar to the preamble, that the right to strike is a constitutional right exercised in accordance with the provisions of this organic law. , and that any waiver of this right is considered void. This article also stipulates that this right is one of the human rights which contribute to the achievement of justice and social peace as well as to the guarantee of the social contract.
According to Mr. Sekkouri, this article guarantees the expansion of the field of freedoms in accordance with the relevant international conventions and promotes the historical achievements linked to the national practice of this constitutional right, in addition to establishing a balance in the preservation of the rights of strikers, to enshrine freedom of work and preserve the rights of citizens in the exercise of the right to strike.
The amendments also concern the definition of strike and the expansion of the categories covered by the exercise of this right, as well as the expansion of the parties that call for the exercise of this right, in addition to stipulating the reasons for the strike , which include the file of demands, the controversial points and the dangerousness of the situation, he explained.
On the other hand, Mr. Sekkouri indicated that the amendments provide for the protection of the rights of strikers against any discriminatory measure and against disciplinary sanctions or dismissal, in exchange for the removal of a certain number of provisions relating to prevention strikes for political purposes, the removal of the ban on rotating strikes, the use of harsher criminal sanctions and the abolition of prison sentences.
In terms of form, the official specified that the number of chapters of this legislative text was reduced from 6 chapters to 4, while the number of its articles was reduced from 49 to 35, in addition to the deletion of the chapter on the conditions for exercising the right to strike in the private sector and the chapter on the conditions for exercising the right to strike in the public sector to merge them into a single chapter.
