Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO338, November 2005

Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body

1. 251. The Committee last examined this case at its November 2004 meeting [see 335th Report, paras. 156-158]. On that occasion, the Committee stated that it hoped that the judicial authority would announce a decision as soon as possible and that it would take into account the principles of freedom of association with regard to the charges against Mr. Fernando Espino Arévalo, General Secretary of the Metropolitan Rail Transport Workers’ Union (SMTSTC), and other participants in the industrial action carried out on 8 August 2002 in the metropolitan passenger train.
2. 252. In a communication dated 18 May 2005, the Government provided the information given to it by the Federal District Public Prosecutor’s Office that, on 18 March 2005, the head of the Fiftieth Investigative Office of this department stated that the application to begin legal proceedings under Case No. FACI/50T/1008/02-08 against Mr. Fernando Espino Arévalo for coalition of public servants and attacks on means of communication was submitted to the Secretary-General of the Chamber of Deputies of the LVIII Session of the Honourable Congress of the Union on 3 September 2002 and was ratified on 5 September 2002, and this is currently awaiting decision.
3. 253. The Committee notes this information and requests the Government to keep it informed of the final decision on the legal proceedings currently under way against trade union official Mr. Fernando Espino Arévalo and other participants in the industrial action of 8 August 2002 in the metropolitan passenger train.