Majority block approves suspension of only sections of 9 in one law

Although more than 15 unions, teachers’ and civil groups called for total repeal of Act 30, the ruling majority bloc of the Working Committee of Panama’s National Assembly on Tuesday approved the first reading,of the bill suspending for 90 days only Articles 12, 13 and 14 of Act 30 which amended the Labor Code.

Genaro Lopez, representing the National Federation of Independent Trade Unions, Unity, said there will be no peace in the country until the law, also known as nine in one is repealed
Lopez said that in his opinion, those responsible for killings, injuries and missing people during clashes in Bocas del Toro, are “the Executive and the Assembly, because they were those who proposed and approved the law.”
Felix Wing, of the Environmental Advocacy Center also backed the call for the full repeal of the law. Wing asked the government to recommend that an international commission investigate "abuses" committed, and to invite the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to visit Panama.