November 14, 2026
The decree appointing one female candidate who succeeded in the Civil Service Council competitions for the position of professor in secondary education sparked a wave of widespread union and legal objections. The “Central Committee of Successful Persons” considered that this step represents blatant discrimination between those with equal rights, and violates the principles of equality, equal opportunities, and the non-retroactivity of administrative decisions, calling for the decree to be withdrawn and reconsidered to appoint all those eligible to the staff.
In a statement issued by it, the committee denounced the issuance of the decree appointing one female candidate based on the resignation of a former professor from his job position about ten years ago, considering that basing a new individual entitlement on an old incident raises serious legal problems.
The committee confirmed that the decree violates the principle of non-retroactivity of administrative decisions, citing the jurisprudence of the State Shura Council, specifically Resolution No. 890 issued on July 16, 1964, which enshrined this principle as one of the general principles of the law, preventing the arrangement of retroactive legal effects on administrative decisions without an explicit legislative text.
It also stressed that the decision violates the principle of equality and equal opportunities, based on Article 80 of Law No. 144/2019, which preserves the right of those who succeed in the Civil Service Council competitions to appointment, in addition to the constitutional articles that guarantee equal opportunities to assume public jobs based on merit and merit.
The committee considered that allocating one female candidate to the appointment over the rest of her colleagues who have the same legal status constitutes preferential treatment that lacks any objective justification, stressing that the right preserved by the force of law may not be converted into an individual privilege.
In the context of escalating its position, the committee criticized the signing of the decree by the Minister of Education, Rima Karami, considering that this step contradicts its previous positions in which it relied on legal texts to refrain from appointing the remaining successful candidates. The Minister called for the urgent preparation of a new draft decree to appoint all successful people to the staff, instead of invoking what she described as illogical arguments.
The committee concluded by emphasizing that its meetings will remain open, with all successful candidates retaining their right to resort to the competent judiciary to challenge the decree, stressing at the same time that it does not object to the appointment of the colleague in question itself within the rules, but rather rejects that this lead to the exclusion of others or the diminution of their rights by creating exceptional paths for one individual at the expense of those in similar legal positions.
