"Your Majesty, Please Take Care"…'Seven Articles of Remonstrance' 청 Petition Surpasses 100,000 Signatures

Cheong Wa Dae "Reviewing Disclosure According to Procedure"

President Moon Jae-in is speaking at a meeting with leaders of the Korean Protestant Church held at the main building of the Blue House on the 27th. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] The so-called 'Seven-Point Petition' that was posted on the Blue House National Petition Board but was made private, causing controversy, was made public on the afternoon of the 27th. As of 5:30 PM on the same day, the petition had received more than 100,000 endorsements.

On the 12th, a petition titled "Jinin (塵人) Joeunsan respectfully submits the Seven-Point Petition on Current Affairs, humbly requesting your consideration" was posted on the Blue House National Petition Board.

Even after receiving more than 100 preliminary endorsements, the post was not made public on the petition board until the morning of the same day. Although the petition could be viewed by directly entering its URL, it could not be found by searching the title on the Blue House website. This led to controversy, with some suggesting that "the Blue House intentionally hid the petition."

The Blue House stated in the morning regarding the private status, "Contrary to some media reports, the Blue House did not hide the petition," and added, "It is currently in the stage of reviewing whether to make the post public according to normal procedures."

Since last year, the Blue House has been reviewing petitions that have received more than 100 preliminary endorsements internally to decide whether to make them public, in response to concerns about petitions with defamatory content or duplicates.

On the 12th, a petition titled "Jinin (塵人) Joeunsan Submits a Memorial Proposing Seven Urgent Matters, Humbly Requesting Your Consideration" was posted on the Blue House National Petition Board. Photo by Blue House National Petition Board capture.

Meanwhile, the post was written by a petitioner who identified themselves as "Joeunsan" and sent to President Moon Jae-in in the form of a Joseon Dynasty-style petition.

The Seven-Point Petition includes: ▲1. Please reduce taxes ▲2. Please prioritize reason over emotion when implementing policies ▲3. Please prioritize practical benefits over justification in diplomacy ▲4. Please acknowledge human desires ▲5. Please carefully select your ministers ▲6. Please uphold the values of the Constitution ▲7. Please renew yourself first.

The petitioner addressed President Moon, saying, "Your Majesty, please renew yourself first," and criticized, "Your Majesty’s enemies are not the people but the remnants of ideologies that harm the country, the ghosts of the past who exploit the people, and also Your Majesty yourself, who is blinded by revenge and has lost your soul to treacherous ministers, unable to distinguish friend from foe."

They continued, "I humbly remember Your Majesty’s inaugural speech promising to end politics of conflict and division, and the power of the candlelight you spoke of is infinite and flawless, with no end in sight," and added, "Please renew yourself so that you may finally end politics of conflict and division, coexist within the daily lives of the people, and live eternally in the records of history."

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