Jang Je-won: "Both Ruling and Opposition Parties Only Care About Division... No Concern About How to Fill the Storehouse"

Jang Je-won, People Power Party member, Facebook

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Jang Je-won, a member of the People Power Party, raised his voice saying that both the ruling and opposition parties are competitively only interested in "how to divide" and emphasized the need to consider sustainable development after the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

On the 14th, Jang said on Facebook, "Watching the current political controversy, I feel suffocated."

He said, "Both the ruling and opposition parties are competitively only interested in 'how to divide,' but there is no concern about 'how to earn.' Shouldn't we at least prepare and think about how South Korea will achieve sustainable development after COVID-19?"

Jang pointed out that former presidents such as Park Chung-hee, Kim Young-sam, Kim Dae-jung, Roh Moo-hyun, and Lee Myung-bak did not neglect national future investments, whereas the Moon Jae-in administration failed to focus on any particular sector and was obsessed only with dividing resources. He added, "Dividing what has been accumulated so far is the easiest thing. We also need to think about how to fill the empty granaries."

He criticized, "Although it may be unavoidable from a political engineering perspective, even the opposition party is competing only over how to divide, saying 'Let's divide like this' or 'Let's divide like that,' so I am more worried about South Korea's future. While the Democratic Party is naturally such a party, even the People Power Party is obsessed with issues like 'basic income' and 'disaster relief funds,' neglecting concerns about the growth engine of future South Korea."

Jang emphasized, "No matter how difficult the present is, we should not be obsessed only with solving immediate difficulties. The state must create a foundation to provide citizens not just with the 'limited freedom to eat steaming hot bread,' but with the 'real freedom to enjoy well-aged two-horn beef to their heart's content based on their own abilities.'"

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