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DECREE N ° 394

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR,

CONSIDERING:

I.-That in accordance with the provisions of Art. 1 of the Constitution, the State recognizes the human person as the origin and end of the activity of the State

which is organized for the attainment of justice, of legal certainty and of the common good; recognizing likewise, as a human person to every human being from the moment of conception; that Art. 3 of our Primary Law,

states that all persons are equal before the Law; further establishing our Magna Carta in its Art. 32, that the family is the fundamental basis of society and will have the protection of the State.

II.-That by Legislative Decree No. 174, dated November 12, 2015, published in Official Journal No. 213, Volume No. 409, of the 19th of the same month and year,

issued reform to the Law of Asuetuses, Holiday and Licensing of Public Employees, in order to be granted License to the employee for up to sixteen weeks

III.

That among the benefits that can be noted when granting the maternity leave benefit are highlighted the permanent care of the mother towards the newborn, the strengthening the affective link between mother and child, the

inherent benefits of facilitating breastfeeding reflected in the health and survival of children, as a result of the immunity conferred on them, reducing infant mortality and having health benefits that

reach into adulthood.

IV.-That for the reasons outlined above, it becomes necessary to reform the

Law of the Police Race, establishing a License of up to sixteen week in the concept of a Maternity License.

BY TANTO,

in use of his Constitutional faculties and at the initiative of the Deputies Rodolfo Antonio Parker

Soto and Numan Pompilio Salgado García, with the support of the Deputies Lorena Guadalupe Peña Mendoza, Guillermo Antonio Gallegos Navarrete, Ana Vilma Albáñez Escobar, José Serafin Orantes Rodríguez, Norman Noel Quijano González, Santiago Flores Alfaro, Guillermo Francisco Mata Bennett, David Ernesto

Reyes Molina, Jackeline Noemi Rivera Avalos, Jose Francisco Merino Lopez, Jose Antonio Almendariz Rivas, Rodrigo Avila Aviles, Misael Mejia Mejia, Roger Alberto Blandino Nerio, Manuel Orlando Cabrera Candray, Hortensia Margarita Lopez Quintana, Mauricio Ernesto Vargas Valdez, Juan Pablo Herrera Rivas, Jose

Mauricio Rivera, Ana Marina Alvarenga Barahona, Ana Lucia Baires de Martinez, Marta Evelyn Batres Araujo, Yohalmo Edmundo Cabrera Chacon, Silvia Alejandrina Castro Figueroa, Norma Cristina Cornejo Amaya, Valentin Aristides Corpeno, Alma Cruz, René Alfredo Portillo Cuadra, Raul Omar Cuellar, Carmen Elena Calderón Sol de Escalón, María Marta Concepción Valladares Mendoza, Juan Manuel de Jesús Flores

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