Confederation of Trade Unions, the simultaneous nationwide rally today … Prime Minister 丁 “Please withdraw the assembly immediately”

Entry 2020.11.25 09:09

“Please leave immediately, even if you count the candidate’s feelings”

While the KCTU is scheduled to launch a general strike on the 25th and hold multiple demonstrations across the country, including Seoul, Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun called for the assembly’s immediate withdrawal.

Prime Minister Chung said at a meeting of the Security Countermeasures and Disaster Headquarters chaired at the Seoul government office that day: “Please withdraw the scheduled assembly immediately, even considering the desperate sentiments of the candidates and parents. they are about to take the SAT test. ” He said that “(the democratic unions) will comply with the quarantine rules, but considering the recent push from Corona 19, we are very concerned.”

Prime Minister Chung said: “The Police Agency and each local government should carefully manage the situation at the scene so that cases of violation of quarantine regulations do not occur during the assembly process, and take strict measures in accordance with the laws. and principles for violations “.

Prime Minister Chung asked the KCTU to reconsider the meeting the day before. Along with Lee Nak-yeon, the representative of the Democratic Party said he was concerned about the coronavirus. However, Kim Jae-ha, chairman of the KCTU emergency countermeasures chair, ruled out that “the government and the National Assembly should not try to scapegoat the KCTU, which is doing everything possible in quarantine.” and said the assembly would be held as scheduled.

On this day, the KCTU will hold a general strike with the ‘stop of labor law reform’ and ‘Jeon Tae-il three-law legislation. This is the first general strike of the KCTU. Although it has been difficult to take collective action over the coronavirus outbreak, a general strike appears to have started following the National Assembly’s deliberation on the revision of the union law, which the KCTU considers ‘deformation’. On this day, the KCTU also holds simultaneous meetings across the country, including Seoul, focusing on union leaders and strikers.

At the end of the year, the Seoul Metropolitan Government decided to implement strengthened quarantine measures by setting the period to detain 10 million citizens. Prime Minister Chung said: “This is a bold and timely measure” and “Please actively implement precise quarantine measures suitable for other local governments.”

Prime Minister Jung said, “The biggest enemies right now are ‘quarantine fatigue’ and ‘crown callousness.’ He said: “I am concerned that people, medical staff and quarantine officials are piling up and the general conscience of society has slackened.” He said: “We need to work together in quarantine before planting again.”