The Demands Presented (and the basis of unity) at the National People's
Rally, November 1998
1. Punish the chaebol owner chiefs and corrupt and incompetent
politicians and bureaucrats responsible for the economic collapse
and reclaim their ill-gotten wealth
2. Abrogate the unfair IMF agreement and achieve debt cancellation
and restore economic sovereignty
3. Suspend redundancy lay-off and guarantee employment security
through 40 hour working week
4. Pay unemployment benefit to all unemployed people based on a
special unemployment relief fund obtained from introduction of
special employment tax (on interest earnings of more than certain
level) and reduction in military spending
5. Cancel farm household debt, guarantee fair price for farm produce,
and realise food self-sufficiency
6. Guarantee housing rights for home-less and victims of forced
eviction, legalise street vendors, and guarantee the basic
livelihood rights of disabled people
7. Carry out the legalisation of teachers union by amending the
labour law and promote genuine human education
8. Promote democratisation through political reform and reform of the
media
9. End the indiscriminate privatisation of overseas sales of public
enterprises
10. End the employment policy which relegate women workers to
irregular and casual employment and formulate a systematic policy
response to deal with women unemployment
11. Amalgamate the health insurance system, expand the coverage of
health insurance to guarantee the people's right to healthy life
12. Repeal the National Security Act, release all prisoners of
conscience, and enact a special law to restore the honour of the
martyrs for democracy, reunification, and people's basic rights
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