The
south Korean puppet conservative regime has been hell bent on
suppression of the general strike launched by the railway trade
unionists and other popular masses in demand for the right to existence.
The
south Korean authorities held a consultative meeting on security
measures for the first time after taking power, at which they branded
the strike illegal, and invoked all power bodies to toughen the
crackdown upon railway workers. Therefore, the Ministry of Justice, the
Police Agency and the Security Administration and other fascist
repressive machines have turned out in the crackdown.
They have brought over 190 unionists to the court and dismissed more than 8 500 workers.
On
December 22 of last year they called out at least 5 000 riot policemen
to break the entrance door of the headquarters of the Confederation of
Trade Unions with a hammer and spread tear liquid in a bid to arrest
hardcore unionists. Not content with this, the riot police took away one
hundred and scores of unionists.
On
December 24 the south Korean chief executive gave an instruction to
take tough actions against the strike by mobilizing most of the police
forces. It is a fascist suppression that can be done only by the
descendants of the Yushin dictator.
Amnesty
International has criticized the mobilization of police forces against
the strike as a flagrant violation of the international standard.
It
is so natural for the railway workers to down tools in protest against
the "government's" plan for privatization of the railway sector, which
would favor plutocrats only.
The
south Korean authorities are sticking to anti-popular oppressive rules
in disregard of the demand and interests of popular masses.
During
the presidential election campaign, the present chief executive made a
lot of flattering commitments like "economic democracy" and "welfare",
but none of them has been implemented until now.
The Park Geun Hye group's brutal suppression of the bare-handed protesters has enraged south Korean people.
The
Confederation of Trade Unions denounced the brutal suppression as a
declaration of war against all south Korean workers and declared that it
would start an indefinite strike to depose Park from the "presidency".
And it went into actions such as massive candlelight rallies and a grand
meeting of one million people on the situation.
In
support of the strike, the Democratic and other opposition parties and 1
280 civic organizations have staged all-people rallies and candlelight
demonstrations one after another. Joining in them are students from
scores of universities including Seoul National University, hundreds of
thousands of civilians and even students of high schools.
The
strike of the railway workers coincides with the growing anger of the
south Korean people at the present regime over its illegal election,
moves of reviving the Yushin dictatorship and deceptive election
commitments, thus shaking Park's regime to its foundations.
It is self-evident that those who go against the interests of popular masses can never go scot-free.
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