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Public
Sector Layoffs in Panama Denounced
PANAMA - Executives of the National
Federation of Public Workers (FENASEP)
denounced Tuesday the dismissal of thousands
of officials on the part of the current
government, after the changes carried out to
the Law of Administrative Career.
Alfredo Berrocal, general secretary of
FENASEP, said this Tuesday to TVN News that
the affected employees are reaching the
5,000 so far.
With these actions, he added, the protection
granted by maternity and disabled peopleĀ�s
rights have even been violated.
Berrocal said that the administration of
Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli can
appoint the personnel, taking into account
that the new Administrative Career will be
in force in 2012.
However, he noticed the existence of
improvisation in this process.
That mechanism, designed to guarantee the
fixation of the officials of the state, was
modified at the end of July by the National
Assembly to leave without effect the
revenues of the last two years.
The changes were adopted under the argument
of revising the incorporations of thousands
of workers, when considering that they
lacked the requirements to integrate the
mentioned outline.
On the other hand, political analysts
pointed out that the objective is in
creating spaces in the public apparatus for
people close to the new executive.
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