Social democracy has been ruthlessly violated and the freedom of speech, press, assembly and association trampled down since the appearance of the Lee Myung Bak "government," the declaration deplored, adding:

Students and their parents are suffering misfortune and pain and the children of the poor families are denied the right to learning due to the unpopular educational policy of the Lee regime, in particular.

It lashed out at the Lee regime for turning its face away from this reality and ignoring the people.

It demanded the Lee regime and the "Grand National Party" make an apology to the people for having driven the south Korean society into a crisis and roll back the neo-liberal educational policy.