Seventy-five organizations from the agriculture, livestock, fisheries, and forestry sectors will hold a rally at Seoul Gwanghwamun on the 15th, demanding that the government halt its push for accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
The Emergency Response Committee for CPTPP Accession Blockade in Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock, and Fisheries announced on the 6th that it will hold a "National Agricultural and Fishers' Rally to Block CPTPP Accession" from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the 15th in front of the Donghwa Duty-Free Store at Seoul Gwanghwamun.
The committee is a joint response body comprising a total of 75 organizations, including major solidarity organizations and member groups in the agriculture, forestry, livestock, and fisheries sectors. Participating entities include the Korea Comprehensive Agricultural Organizations Council, the Korea Federation of Agriculture and Livestock, the Path of Farmers with the People, the Livestock-Related Organizations Council, fisheries-related organizations, and the Korea Federation of Forestry Organizations.
The committee is concerned that as the government's discussions on CPTPP accession intensify, high levels of market opening could weaken the production base of the domestic agriculture, forestry, livestock, and fisheries sectors and threaten the right to survival of producers.
Through this rally, the committee plans to call for the immediate halt of the accession push and convey the opposition stance from the field to the government.
In particular, the committee views the CPTPP accession issue as a matter directly tied to national food supply and food security, transcending the interests of individual industries. The joint action by not only agriculture and livestock sectors but also fisheries and forestry is driven by the awareness that the domestic production base must be protected.
Participating organizations include agricultural groups such as the Korea Federation of Rural Leaders, the Korea Federation of Successor Agricultural Managers, the National Federation of Farmers' Associations, and the Korea Federation of Women in Agriculture.
Livestock organizations such as the National Hanwoo Association, the Korea Pork Association, and the Korea Dairy Cattle Association, as well as groups like the Korea Federation of Fisheries Business Managers, the National Federation of Fishers' Associations, and the Korea Professional Forestry Association, are also participating.
The rally will proceed in the order of pre-events, the main rally, speeches from the agriculture, forestry, livestock, and fisheries sectors and solidarity groups, a march, and a closing rally. Participants plan to share concerns and demands from their respective fields and deliver demands to the government.
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