The Medical Strike Committee accuses the Ministry of Health of "lying" and "manipulating the narrative" of the negotiations
The Ministry suspended its meeting with the Strike Committee and the Autonomous Communities on Thursday to address the conflict over the Framework Statute on the grounds that one of the parties had "breached" its part. The trade unions have stated that the Ministry's proposal to set up specific tables in the communities is legally "unworkable" without changing the State rules and have therefore refused to do so.
The tension has escalated betweenthe Ministry of Health headed by Monica García and the Medical Strike Committee, and there does not seem to be any point of understanding at the moment in order to make progress in resolving the conflict in the Medical Framework Statute. The call for a medical strike scheduled for next week therefore continues.
The Medical Strike Committee has called for the resignation or dismissal of the Minister of Health, an opinion that "manipulates the story" and that there is a "lack of rigour" in the negotiations, making it difficult to move towards a solution.
The final clash took place this Thursday. The Minister announced that he was suspending the planned joint meeting with the Strike Committee and the Autonomous Communities to address the conflict over the Framework Statute because one of the parties had "breached" its part bere. In the letter sent to the communities, the Ministry acknowledges that it sees no "willingness to de-escalate".
At its meeting on 17 April, the Ministry considered the creation of specific negotiating tables within the Autonomous Communities as a possible way out of the conflict.
However, the trade unions concluded that the initiative was "legally unworkable"since, according to them, "the existing regulatory framework prevents the creation of their own negotiating tables for the medical and optional community, without prior modification of the basic legislation of the State", and therefore the meeting was not deemed necessary.
The Commission adds that "the legal basis of this conclusion is so clear and consistent that it is difficult to believe that they were not known to the Ministry's legal services".
It is accused by the trade unions of manipulating the narrative and not mentioning the essential elements of the conduct of the negotiations, leaving responsibility for the conflict to the Strike Committee and the Autonomous Communities.
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