Members of the “July 25 movement” have expressed rejection of the judges’ strike announced Monday, following the dismissal of 57 judges.

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday afternoon in Tunis, they also voiced opposition to the general strike announced by the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) on June 16.

The judges’ strike is “illegitimate according to the law,” said member of the movement Ahmed Rakrouki. It is a “political strike par excellence,” that serves narrow corporatist and political interests.

For him, the striking judges are “hindering the proper functioning” of justice and “harming the country and the interests of litigants.”

He inquired about the reasons for their silence when former Justice Minister, Ennahdha’s Noureddine Bhiri dismissed 82 judges in 2012. They did not show any solidarity with these dismissed judges, he said.

As for the strike announced by the UGTT on June 16, Rakrouki insisted that the secretary general of the union “has no legitimacy by means of a first instance judgment.” His call to strike is therefore null and void by law, he said.

The current leadership of the Tunisian General Labour Union has “deviated from its right path” and has “failed in the very nature of its trade union and social role.”

“This composition has invited itself into political life and has used its affiliates and the true activists of the trade union as “cannon fodder” in its battle against President Saied

Source: Tap News Agency