Kim Boo-kyum: "Decentralized constitutional amendment including a 4-year presidential two-term system to be completed within the term"

Presentation of the 'Three Major Innovation Plans' for Responsible Parties, National Parties, and Inclusive Parties

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Kim Bu-gyeom, the Democratic Party of Korea's presidential candidate, stated on the 17th, "I will complete a decentralized constitutional amendment, including the dispersion of presidential power and a four-year two-term system, within my term."

On the same day, Kim held a press conference at the National Assembly Communication Office and announced plans to promote three major party innovation measures: a responsible party, a nationwide party, and an inclusive party.

First, Kim promised a constitutional amendment to create a responsible party. In addition to restructuring the power system centered on the president's four-year two-term system, he said the amendment would include significant decentralization of central government power and guarantee of local governments' autonomous legislative authority. He also presented tasks for a responsible party, such as completing the relocation of the administrative capital within his term, reforming the National Assembly by abolishing parliamentary immunity for serious crimes and introducing a national recall system, prosecutorial reform, and innovation of the Democratic Research Institute.

Kim announced plans to promote decentralized party innovation for a nationwide party. He intends to revive and reform the district party organizations, which had past issues, and activate the party member autonomous committees, the grassroots groups of party members. He promised to hold regional party-government councils involving the central party, central government, metropolitan city and provincial party branches, and local governments quarterly. He also expressed intentions to expand the role of non-incumbent committee chairs in major party positions and extend the preliminary candidate support committee system to local council and mayoral preliminary candidates.

For an inclusive party, Kim proposed ▲ strengthening the status of the party's Euljiro Committee ▲ nominating labor sector supreme council members ▲ holding regional touring on-site supreme council meetings ▲ institutionalizing youth and women political leader development programs. Regarding the development of youth and women political leaders, Kim said, "If they receive training, we will institutionally guarantee opportunities to run for public office," adding, "We will break away from the practice of seeking candidates externally only during elections."

Kim emphasized, "With these three innovations, I will build a greater Democratic Party responsible for the next 100 years," and stressed, "I will achieve three major tasks: regime re-creation, victory in three major elections, and restoration of public trust."

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