The People's Journal
Specious criminal charges brought against party leaders, civil society to call citizens to "protest against the show trials"; regional governments dissolved and opposition-affiliated governors arrested
Civil society activists protesting the criminal charges against the KLD leader Loan Chi holding KLD flags and symbols
16th March 5412 (backdated)
The already shaky political situation in Kimlien continued to deteriorate as the leaders of opposition parties, especially the Kimlien League for Democracy leader Loan Chi who was the Prime Minister of Kimlien before she was overthrown in the 5406 coup, were brought criminal charges against them, many of them being actually specious. The trials of the opposition leaders were condemned as "show trials" by the civil society activists, and they called the citizens to "protest against the illegal show trials and specious charges against the leaders of the pro-democracy movement", a call that resonated well among the population, leading to a renewed wave of protests against the coup accross Kimlien.
Also, in another move, the regional governments, which their powers were already encroached on by the junta, were completely dissolved today, and the opposition-affiliated governors and also the mostopposition-affiliated members of regional parliaments were arrested while some could escape, which was another reason of the massive protests that started a few weeks ago. The civil society reacted similarly to this, by calling the citizens to protest against that and demand the reinstatement of regional government system that existed during Kimlien's parliamentary anocracy of 5396-5406.
The citizens continued to protest against the both measures and made a stunning display of defiance in the face of repression, and also, the civil society played an important role in leading the movement against the coup and by calls to citizens to protest they created a huge mass mobilization that was the most sustained one, even being huger than the 5396 Kimlienese protests which were organized against the dubious election results of the first election in year and then led to renewed elections which saw the Kimlien League for Democracy winning, in this case it could be possible to see that the junta would fall and the parliamentary system would be restored.
The People's Journal is a left-leaning newspaper that reports on political news in Kimlien, and maitains an unconditional support for a democratic transition in Kimlien.