PRESIDENT HAROUNA DENOUNCES KYO NATIONAL-BOURGEOIS UNREST, ANARCHY IN JINPPO
March 3, 50613/1/61 brought an unprecedented wave of violence and anarchy in Jinppo following the death of prominent community leader Gu Pŏm Sŏk at the hands of local police forces during a legal raid on his house for suspected ties to the Kyo nationalist terrorist groups “Sinmintang” and “Kungmintang”. The Sinmintang and Kungmintang agitators are dangerous persons who want to overthrow the rule of the Communist League and re-incite ethnic war in Mpakoala; bringing back the centuries of humiliation the peoples of the land faced at the hands of a Kyo bourgeois dictatorship. Mr. Gu, a local labor and community leader known for his prominent role in leading dangerous activities such as strikes and protests, was suspected of harboring sympathy for Kyo terrorists following an anonymous tip to local party officials. These suspicions were proven true when plans for a conspiracy against Mpakoala and her people were discovered in his house. He was then killed in a struggle with the police later that morning after failing to cooperate with just law enforcement.
This appeared to draw the ire of most Kyo civil organizations; namely the Mpakoalan Association for Kyo Representation (MAKR), the Universal Kyo Improvement Confederation (UKIC), and even Jinppo City council itself; which issued a formal condemnation of the killing, maliciously labeling the accidental killing as a “murder”. The city does not actually have control over it’s own police force – Mpakoala has a unitary police system ordered and controlled by the Communist League at the national level exclusively - which has resultingly created some tensions between the police and local residents and politicians. Namely, many policemen in Jinppo are called in from provinces such as Faluna and Ndagwurugwu; which largely separates them from community values. A poll conducted by the Jinppo city municipal government revealed that only a dismal 112 of 500 personnel questioned made proficient use of the Kyo language; despite it being used by 99% of Jinppo’s population. This has made law enforcement in the west particularly notorious for accused “mismanagement of situations” and “excessive force and brutality”; as their contemptuous and riotous detractors claim.
Protests started at around 8 AM in the morning following a 7:30 announcement by the office of the prefect of Jinppo that Mr. Gu Pŏm Sŏk had been killed following unwarranted and excessive resistance against law enforcement. It appeared that the death was the metaphorical “last straw” for denizens of the city; whose demands shifted from accountability of the police to a host of grievances directed at the Mpakoalan state. Lawless criminals, terrorists, lowlifes, thugs, and foreign agents intent at destroying the Mpakoalan revolution then spilled onto the streets; led by the notorious critic and detractor of the revolution and head of the UKIC Mr. Rhee Chae Myŏng – a convicted criminal who has been held in contempt of court as well as interned numerous times for disturbing the peace and plotting to undermine authority.
The terrorist posse went through the streets shouting slogans in their hideous language such as “Tae Kyosŏn Tongnip Mansae” (“long live Kyo independence”); and producing the following list of ridiculous, outright treasonous demands of the national government:
“WE Here assembled in the city of Jinppo this March 1, 5061, do indeed declare autonomy and independence from the Mpakoalan state. We reaffirm the right of the 8 western provinces to seek their unity, happiness, and independence from Mpakoala on the basis of all nations to exist. We do not intend to go against the right of the Degalogesan peoples; but rather to reason in a universal social conscious the necessity of Kyo indendence; for the union of our peoples was not a happy nor desirable affair. When the 8 western provinces are dominated in supermajority by our people; and the rest of the nation devoid of them, we consider this effective isolation of our provinces, and the creation of a nation within a nation. We are outnumbered and outmatched in every possible way by Degalogesans in the current system and structure of governance, unable to voice our opinions despite the very real and distinct needs of our culture in separation from the rest. We do not think it noble nor amicable to hold on to the illusions of political union when the 8 western provinces are significantly less developed and over-exploited. Degalogesan leaders long for a half millennium have treated our civilized people as barbarians in their own land; subjugating us to the rule of a new ruling class no different from the colonial masters of our forefathers. The task set before us is not to trivialize others but to build up our own strength. The immediate matters of consideration are not made with resentment towards Degalogesan peoples, but in the spirit of brotherhood to promote the everlasting peace and prosperity of North Dovani. The enslavement of 8 million resentful Kyo people by force for the imperialist purposes of subjugation is a most shameful display. We resolve here to end it today. We demand the following of the current regime:
- An END to the national subordination of the Kyo people
- RECOGNITION of the right of the Kyo people to self determination and co-operation with local authorities on a respectful basis
- HOLDING of a referendum in the eight Kyo provinces of Pyŏnganto, Ramkyŏngto, Kwanghaeto, Hyungkito, Hangwŏnto, Hyungsangto, Chungchŏngto, and Ch’ŏlrato over union into an independent Kyo political state
- LEGALIZATION of the political activities of all Kyo nationalist groups; in name the Sinmin and Kungmin Tang.
- JUSTICE for the murder of Gu Pŏm Sŏk and other compatriots in the struggle for independence
- DISSOLUTION of the current police apportionment system and the granting of rights of self-governance in all fields to the Jinppo city council
We consecrate these as our inalienable rights and steadfast political goals. With history, justice, and faith on our side, we resolutely resolve to complete these historical tasks that shall be surely realized.
March I, Year 5389 of the Kyo Nation (5061 CE)
It is suspected that dangerous and insurrectionary terrorist groups such as the Sinmintang and the Kungmintang were firmly implicated in the rioting. Despite the apparently “peaceful” nature of the protests as attested to by low life criminals and terrorists; the clear fact that the demonstrations disturbed the peace was a most unwelcome slight against the Mpakoalan Republic and constituted a dangerous threat to people’s wellbeing.
The Mpakoalan Armed Forces were called in by President Harouna to quash rioting, looting, and other disorderly and terrorist behavior. Moving into the center of the city; hundreds of arrests were made as the military worked with police to end the unrest. The Jinppo city hall was surrounded and the politicians temporarily arrested as government fighters seeked to maintain order. Lockdown was announced; and joint military-police operations succeeded in securing the city without much destruction or bloodshed. Nonetheless; the protests raged on for a solid 2 days after March I.
Today the unrest finally appeared to be quashed as the last protestors were removed with tear gas and rubber bullets. The Central Committee of the Mpakoalan Communist League has formally resolved to temporarily dissolve the local government and city council of Jinppo for it’s “passive and insurrectionary nature during a time of deep disturbance and attempted destruction of the patriotic cause”; instating temporary martial law under the leadership of Comrade Governor General Ozoemena Nkechi; who was appointed by the Central Military Commission of the Mpkoalan Armed Forces and approved by the President just this morning. The military will temporarily rule Jinppo until civil order can be restored.
Comrade citizens, please keep an eye out for all possible Sinmintang or Kungmintang collaborators and other sowers of discord, disobedience, and disharmony in our Republic. They must be rooted out and destroyed with an unrelenting fervor of the people’s united front against labor aristocrats and bourgeois reactionaries.
