Kim Jong-in: "United Party will change its very framework... We will lay the foundation for a ruling party that lasts 100 years"

Kim Jong-in, Emergency Committee Chairman of the United Future Party, is delivering a keynote speech at the 'NEAR Current Affairs Forum, Basic Income System and Housing-Real Estate Policy Seminar' held at the Bankers Hall in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 14th. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Kim Jong-in, Emergency Committee Chairman of the Future United Party, expressed his determination by stating, "We will change the United Party down to its core and be reborn as a new political party." He emphasized that depending on whether the United Party changes, it will be possible to defeat the ruling party in the next election.

At a Kwanhun Club debate held at the Korea Press Center on the 14th, Chairman Kim said, "Although the United Party has changed its name several times and made some changes to its platform and policies, there have been many criticisms that it only changed the 'shell,' but this time it will not be like that."

Having taken office on the 1st of last month and passed 40 days in office, he said, "The goal of this innovation is to lay the foundation for a ruling party that can continue for 100 years," adding, "I consider this my final duty and will do my best."

He stated, "The lives of the people are becoming increasingly impoverished, and shameful incidents are repeatedly occurring both inside and outside the ruling forces," emphasizing, "Under normal circumstances, the ruling party should inevitably lose in the next election, but that depends on how the United Party changes going forward."

Chairman Kim said, "The way for a political party to be revived is simple. It is to read the demands of the people and the changes of the times and to suggest a direction one step ahead," adding, "It should be a party that leads change, not just pursues change, and that is also the direction of the United Party's innovation."

He continued, "We just need to understand the people's hearts and show capability and vision," adding, "The German Social Democratic Party lost its core agenda to the Christian Democratic Union and was out of power for nearly 20 years, but only after launching a fundamental innovation program and changing both its platform and policies was it able to achieve its goal of returning to power."

Regarding opposition presidential candidates, he said, "The presidential candidate is made by public opinion, not by me," adding, "There are people who courageously step forward to become president, propose various agendas, win the people's hearts, and through the process of competing with other candidates, a figure who naturally stands out as 'that person' will emerge."

He did not forget to criticize the government. Chairman Kim said, "You are surely well aware of the reckless actions and failures of the Moon Jae-in administration," criticizing, "I have never seen a regime so consistent in arrogance, corruption, lack of communication, hypocrisy, and incompetence. Even the military regimes were not this arbitrary."

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