Kim Byung-min: "4-Term Limit to Be Detailed in Permanent Political Reform Body... Legislative Action Planned"

"Please review the implementation process. Follow-up actions will be taken promptly."

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyemin] On the 1st, the United Future Party submitted a revised party platform and policy amendment to the Standing National Committee, removing the phrase 'limiting members of the National Assembly to four consecutive terms.' The original phrase 'limiting to four consecutive terms, etc.' was changed to 'institutionalizing a special organization to implement political reform, etc.'

Regarding this, Kim Byung-min, the party emergency committee member who led the platform and policy revision work, said in a phone interview, "I believe there is no change in the overall direction," and added, "We will launch a special permanent organization to specify political reform tasks including the four-term limit and proceed with legislation."

He said, "The purpose of the legislative process is to discuss the 'four-term limit,'" and "There will actually be proposals from assembly members, and there will be a process to lead this." Kim explained, "Instead of including only the four-term limit in the platform and policy, there are many political reform tasks such as relinquishing vested interests related to it," and "We decided to include a strong plan that can realize these contents and implement it."

Regarding criticisms from some quarters that the platform and policy represent a regression, he said, "The process of legislating and implementing it going forward is important," and "Follow-up measures will be carried out quickly."

Along with this, the United Future Party revised the phrase 'KBS license fee separate collection' in the new platform and policy to 'abolition of compulsory integrated collection of KBS license fees.' The consolidation and abolition of basic and metropolitan council members was changed to a more comprehensive phrase, 'taking the lead in the full reform of local autonomy system.' Kim explained, "Various ideas for local autonomy reform were proposed besides consolidation and abolition," and "The reform tasks could have seemed limited to consolidation and abolition, so it was adjusted."

The new platform and policy containing these contents will be finalized after the Standing National Committee on the 1st and the National Committee on the 2nd.

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