Statement from the international alliance of the People in Solidarity with the Families of the Sewol Ferry Disaster Victims
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Statement from the international alliance of the People in Solidarity with the Families of the Sewol Ferry Disaster Victims
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Joint statement : We demand the abandonment of the Presidential Decree for Sewol Special Act and the immediate recovery of Sewol Ferry.
(Statement from the international alliance of the People in Solidarity with the Families of the Sewol Ferry Disaster Victims on the recently released Presidential decree for Sewol Special Act)
We, the undersigned people and organizations in solidarity with the families of the Sewol Ferry disaster victims, call for the immediate and intact recovery of the sunken vessel to resume the search for the missing and to further investigate the causes of the disaster. All nine missing passengers who may be still lodged inside the ferry should be safely recovered and brought to their families. The truth of the disaster cannot be completed without a thorough check and investigation of the vessel. The South Korean government should disclose and execute a complete and comprehensive recovery plan immediately.
Under the current Presidential decree, the parliamentary Special Investigative Committee will not be able to carry out thorough and independent investigations of all the parties accountable for the disaster. Therefore, the South Korean government should abandon the current Presidential decree and adopt the decree proposed by the Special Investigative Committee.
We recognize extreme insincerity of President Park and the South Korean government in their behaviors toward the victims’ families and the nation asking for the truth of the disaster. The government’s recent announcement of the compensation plan for the victims is read as a maneuver to alienate the victims and their families from the people; the Presidential decree and the much delayed plan for the recovery of the vessel to interrupt or even disable the Special Committee’s investigation. On April 16, 2015, President Park refused to attend the first anniversary memorial service to which the families invited her, and left Korea on a Latin American tour.
In solidarity with the families of the Sewol ferry victims, we strongly urge President Park and the South Korean government
to stop their maneuvers to divide the nation or to halt the investigation,
to nullify the Executive Order of the execution of the Sewol Special Act, and
to reveal the truth of the Sewol Ferry disaster to promote a safer future society for all.
People in Solidarity with the Families of Sewol Ferry
(Statement from the international alliance of the People in Solidarity with the Families of the Sewol Ferry Disaster Victims on the recently released Presidential decree for Sewol Special Act)
We, the undersigned people and organizations in solidarity with the families of the Sewol Ferry disaster victims, call for the immediate and intact recovery of the sunken vessel to resume the search for the missing and to further investigate the causes of the disaster. All nine missing passengers who may be still lodged inside the ferry should be safely recovered and brought to their families. The truth of the disaster cannot be completed without a thorough check and investigation of the vessel. The South Korean government should disclose and execute a complete and comprehensive recovery plan immediately.
Under the current Presidential decree, the parliamentary Special Investigative Committee will not be able to carry out thorough and independent investigations of all the parties accountable for the disaster. Therefore, the South Korean government should abandon the current Presidential decree and adopt the decree proposed by the Special Investigative Committee.
We recognize extreme insincerity of President Park and the South Korean government in their behaviors toward the victims’ families and the nation asking for the truth of the disaster. The government’s recent announcement of the compensation plan for the victims is read as a maneuver to alienate the victims and their families from the people; the Presidential decree and the much delayed plan for the recovery of the vessel to interrupt or even disable the Special Committee’s investigation. On April 16, 2015, President Park refused to attend the first anniversary memorial service to which the families invited her, and left Korea on a Latin American tour.
In solidarity with the families of the Sewol ferry victims, we strongly urge President Park and the South Korean government
to stop their maneuvers to divide the nation or to halt the investigation,
to nullify the Executive Order of the execution of the Sewol Special Act, and
to reveal the truth of the Sewol Ferry disaster to promote a safer future society for all.
People in Solidarity with the Families of Sewol Ferry
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Sewol Global
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https://docs.google.com/a/temple.edu/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSerhcloCGTLKXXnKDEYJt__Pt_vY_DQxZN7bhuIvLzcQxvtRA/viewform?c=0&w=1
Publisher
Sewol Global
Date
20150501
Language
Korean/ English
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Online
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Sewol Global , “Statement from the international alliance of the People in Solidarity with the Families of the Sewol Ferry Disaster Victims,” activediaspora, accessed June 26, 2024, http://gamma.library.temple.edu/activediaspora/items/show/113.