Ahn Cheol-soo: "Abolish Law Schools and Medical Graduate Schools... Reinstate the Bar Exam"

"Completely Blocking Backdoor Employment and Job Succession"

Ahn Cheol-soo, Chairman of the Preparatory Committee for the People's Party, is presenting on "Innovative Measures to Establish Fairness and Justice" at the National Assembly on the 13th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Ahn Cheol-soo, the preparatory committee chairman of the People’s Party (tentative name), announced on the 13th that he would abolish law schools and medical graduate schools and reinstate the bar examination.

At a press conference held at the National Assembly Press Hall on the same day, Chairman Ahn announced five major action plans for a fair society: ▲eliminating parental privilege ▲blocking backdoor employment and job inheritance by vested interests ▲eradicating passion pay ▲prohibiting constituency inheritance by direct descendants ▲establishing an unfairness reporting center within the National Assembly.

He emphasized, “We will completely eliminate parental privilege. We must break the unfair cycle where parents’ socioeconomic wealth and status lead to unfair admissions, which in turn pass on economic and social wealth and status to their children,” adding, “By abolishing the modern-day nepotism system, we must firmly provide a healthy ladder of social mobility for the diligent and passionate sons and daughters of this land.”

He continued, “We will completely block backdoor employment and job inheritance by vested interests,” adding, “In cases of hiring requests or job inheritance, we will cancel the employment and punish those involved with imprisonment of up to five years or fines of up to 50 million won, ensuring equal opportunity.”

Chairman Ahn stated, “We will eradicate passion pay. There are frequent cases of labor exploitation where fair wages are not paid or passion pay is forced,” and added, “We will revise the Labor Standards Act to specify protective measures for those providing labor for the purpose of acquiring skills or experience and establish strong punishment provisions to eradicate this practice.”

Chairman Ahn also said, “We will amend the Public Official Election Act to prohibit constituency inheritance by direct descendants,” pointing out, “If incumbent elected officials use their political influence to pass on electoral districts to their direct descendants, Korea’s already backward politics will regress even further.”

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