Make a close inquiry into dissolution of UPP!

Make a close inquiry into dissolution of UPP!

Members of the Unified Progressive Party, which had been disbanded in December 2014 by suppression of the Park Geun-hye regime, launched an action for reinstatement.

On October 20, the members of the UPP held a rally outside the Supreme Court in Seoul to demand a close investigation into the abuse of judicial power of the Ministry of Justice when Yang Soong-tae was in the president of the Supreme Court and release of Lee Seok-gi, a former member of the UPP.

On the day, about 1 200 members of the former UPP raised their voice for reinstatement on the street. 

They demanded a strict investigation into forced dissolution of the UPP, behind-the-scenes operation and the abuse of judicial power, punishment of Kim Gi-chun, former presidential chief of staff of Cheongwadae and Yang Soong-tae, former president of the Supreme Court, the acquittal of Lee Seok-gi, the former member of the UPP, inquiry into human right abuse of the UPP members and president’s apology on state-sponsored violence. 

Today is 1 402 days since the UPP had been dissolved, we would like to ask ourselves whether a new has come, they said through resolution .

70-year long struggle brought to light the truth of April 3 Cheju popular uprising and 27-year long action brought to light the truth of May 18 popular resistance, they noted and pointed out that they would reveal the truth of the forced dissolution of the UPP.  

The compulsory dissolution of the UPP is the worst tragedy of south Korean politics ignoring the constitution, they said, and noted that the last gateway of breaking with the old era is the reinstatement of the UPP.

We should bring to light the dissolution of the UPP and punish Yang and those ran counter to the law, Gang Byong-gi, former chairman of the emergency measure committee of the UPP exclaimed.