Former SMP 56 teacher fights to be reinstated<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The former principal of State Junior High School (SMP) 56,
\nNurlaila, is planning to sue Governor Sutiyoso in the State
\nAdministrative Court next Monday for firing her as a civil
\nservant.<\/p>\n
\"The letter, which had the intent of discharging me, was
\nissued on Dec. 6, 2004, but it said that I was fired since
\nFebruary (2004). Such a letter cannot be retroactive, that's why
\nI am going to State Administrative Court,\" she told The Jakarta
\nPost on Monday on the sidelines of an education seminar held at
\nthe National Library, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Nurlaila said she was the only teacher who still rejected the
\nland-swap deal between the Ministry of National Education and PT
\nTata Disantara, a company owned by former minister of manpower
\nAbdul Latif, in 2000, which forced the school to move out from
\nthe strategic business area in Melawai to Jeruk Purut, both in
\nSouth Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Fearing that they would be fired, all her fellow SMP 56
\nteachers chose to move to designated replacement schools in Jeruk
\nPurut, South Jakarta. The schools were state junior high schools
\n(SMP) 11, 12, 13, 19, all of which are located in South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"The reason why I'm still fighting for my rights is because
\nthere has been no legal judgment on the status of my school. The
\njudge at the South Jakarta District Court said that the school
\nstatus is unchanged,\" the 48-year old said.<\/p>\n
She said that the administration had also stopped paying her
\nsalary since last year and taken away her rights as a civil
\nservant to receive any other facilities, including a pension. The
\ncity administration downgraded her civil servant rank from IV-A
\nto III-D.<\/p>\n
The case of the land-swap is now in the Supreme Court, after
\nboth the South Jakarta District Court and the High Court threw
\nout a civil suit against the Ministry of National Education and
\nPT Tata Disantara.<\/p>\n
Aside from administrative problems, Nurlaila believed that
\nthere was an indication of corruption in the land-swap deal
\nbecause the land was only sold for only Rp 2.5 million per square
\nmeter, while the tax valuation of the land was Rp 9.65 million
\nper square meter.<\/p>\n
Nurlaila, who was supported by lawyers from Legal Aid LBH APIK
\nand the Human Rights Lawyers Association (APHI), said she was
\nconvinced that if the judges at the State Administrative Court
\nwere fair, she would win the case.<\/p>\n
\"Unless the judges take sides in favor of powerful persons
\nthat I'm up against, I will win the case. But, win or loose I
\nalready gathered support to continue struggling for my rights,\"
\nsaid the woman, who had taught at SMP 56 since 1990. (006)<\/p>",
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