The statement said that the authorities' decision on the renewal of GSOMIA is a humiliating one of ignoring the people, threatening peace and reviving deep-rooted evils.

It stressed that as GSOMIA is an evil agreement forced by the Park Geun Hye "regime" and the one to serve as the institutional mechanism for the establishment of military alliance with Japan, its renewal is just an act of going against the mindset of the participants in the candlelight struggle.

It condemned the "government" for turning a deaf ear to the will of the people who responded Japan's economic invasion with the all-out campaign for boycotting Japanese goods and candlelight struggle and furthermore to the desire of the victims of forced labor.

The statement urged the "government" to recall its decision on the renewal of GSOMIA without delay and terminate it as planned.