In the article Pak said the conservative forces' crackdown upon the progressive party reminds one of a witch-hunt in the Middle Ages.

The crackdown aimed to break solidarity among the opposition camp should be halted at once as it is a brutal act of violating the spirit of the June 15 joint declaration and trampling on democracy and human rights, the article held, and went on:

The conservative forces are branding the members of the above- said party who played an important role in realizing the solidarity among opposition parties as "forces following the north" in a bid to beat the opposition parties in the "presidential election" this year and stay in power.

A plot against the spirit of the times is bound to go bust.