Al-Sahwa [Archives:2006/924/Press Review]

23 Feb. 2006
Main headlines

– The American embassy accuses the political security of conniving in the escape of prisoners

– Ex-President Ali Nasser Mohammed: No alternative to reform, it is necessary to remove sequels of '94 and raise the ceiling of dialogue with all

– Parliament fails to form the committees and appraisal of performance

– Holland: Yemen is far from achieving goals of the millennium

– Officials from Somaliland: Arrest of 84 Yemeni fishermen

– MPs: Kidnapping of children did not end

– Teachers Union sue the ministry of education

Columnist Zaid Al-Shami devotes his article to talking on the peaceful demonstration the teachers have recently staged for demanding the application of the wages and salaries law. He said the demonstrations took place in the capital Sana'a and provincial capitals of the governorates of Yemen. The demonstrators walked to the parliament building, the cabinet and the governors headquarters and handed over their letters of demands and returned without any violations. In the following day they returned to their schools to performing their duties.

It was expected that the officials would react positively and consider the teachers legal demands especially that more than six months passed since the law was issued. Instead of that the official reaction came in the form of threats and some education offices announced they would deduct sums of money from teachers salaries and punitive measures will be taken against them.

The writer maintains that teachers are one of the effective segments in the society and the have he rights to obtain what they deserve of care and appreciation to enable them live with dignity.
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