Crusade for elimination of accumulated evils
Broad segments of south Koreans are waging a vigorous action to remove all sorts of evils left by the Park Geun-hye group.
Members
of organizations including the Solidarity for Democracy, People's Life,
Peaceful Reunification and Sovereignty and the Federation of University
Students in the 21st Century held a candlelight meeting outside the
Prosecutor's Office on May 25.
They
carried slogan-boards written “Removal of evils in prosecution is the
start of drastic reform of society!” and “Liquidate formation of party
within the prosecution”, while chanting slogans in demand of reform of
the corrupt prosecution.
At
the meeting, the speakers expressed their resentment at money-envelopes
which brought to light among prosecutors, adding those envelopes were
to pay the price for shutting their eyes to the crimes committed by Woo
Byong-woo, former chief secretary for civil administration of
Cheongwadae.
Noting
that the drastic reform of south Korean society is impossible without
elimination of deep-rooted evils of the prosecution, they added that
they will fix their eyes on the drive of its reform.
They stressed that they would hold candlelight to reform the prosecution and eradicate evils as they ousted Park.
The
Korean Teachers and Education Workers’ Union (Cheongyocho) held a rally
in University Street of Seoul on May 27 to mark the 28th anniversary of
the formation of Cheongyocho, at which it demanded the withdrawal of
decision on outlawing it and the liquidation of evils in the education
field.
Attending
the rally were more than 5 000 teachers from across south Korea.
Speakers there demanded the withdrawal of the decision on outlawing
Cheongyocho and the guarantee for three labor rights and political
rights of teachers.
The new government should carry out a reform in education field to withdraw the decision on outlawing Cheongyocho, they noted.
At the end of the rally, they marched to the Gwanghwamun Plaza
The
Cheongyocho held a news conference in Seoul on May 29 to go on a
stay-in strike till the end of June in demand of the withdrawal of
decision on outlawing it, revision of law of the teachers union and the
guarantee for three labor rights.
In
the news conference, the Cheongyocho said that it should eradicate the
evils implanted by the Park group in the education sector and called for
them to root out obsolete evils of the south Korean society through the
guarantee for three labor rights of the teachers.
On
the day, the Cheongyocho declared that it would launch an all-night
sit-down strike including the weekend and hold a rally on June 7.
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