President Moon: "Support is Built When Internal Unity and External Expansion Occur" (Comprehensive)

Democratic Party First-Term Lawmakers' Blue House Invitation Meeting... "Efforts to Remove Masks and Meet Family Like Chuseok"

[Asia Economy reporters Ryu Jeong-min and Lee Ji-eun] On the morning of the 3rd, President Moon Jae-in invited Democratic Party of Korea lawmakers to the Blue House for a meeting, stating, "Progressives with good values gain support not only by implementing policies but also by uniting internally and expanding their outreach."

President Moon explained, "The Democratic Party of Korea is a party that adds values of democracy, human rights, equality, welfare, inter-Korean cooperation, environment, ecology, and life," and added, "We take pride in being a dynamic, future-oriented party with innovative DNA."

President Moon said, "I also feel a sense of camaraderie as a first-term member," adding that 68 first-term Democratic Party lawmakers, including representative Go Young-in, participated in the meeting. The first-term lawmakers expressed gratitude for the outcomes of the Korea-US summit and urged active efforts to build social safety nets such as disaster relief funds and loss compensation systems.

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Blue House spokesperson Park Kyung-mi explained, "During the open discussion, there were remarks about the need for financial support policies that can embrace self-employed and small business owners, youth, improvements in soldiers' treatment such as resolving poor military meal issues, and vaccine leave benefits that provide practical advantages even to small businesses and daily workers."

Spokesperson Park added, "Additionally, various opinions were raised regarding the supplementation of renewable energy policies, national responsibility systems for youth employment and housing, improvements in balanced national development systems, and government measures for the parliamentary ratification of inter-Korean summit agreements."

In his closing remarks, President Moon expressed his determination in state governance. He said, "To overcome the crisis, recover the economy, and turn it into an opportunity for leap forward, our government will devote all efforts until the very last moment of the administration."

President Moon pledged, "Vaccination is accelerating, so the timing of herd immunity will be brought forward, and as vaccinations progress, the quarantine situation will improve. We will do our utmost so that our people can enjoy summer vacations well, take off masks, and meet their families properly during Chuseok."

Emphasizing the economic achievements of the Korea-US summit, President Moon explained, "These achievements did not appear suddenly but are the result of fostering the three big innovation growth sectors (future cars, system semiconductors, bio-health) over time."

Furthermore, President Moon said, "Although reforms of power institutions such as prosecutorial reform, which previous governments could not accomplish, are not yet complete, the direction has been set and will ultimately be finalized."

President Moon urged, "I ask first-term lawmakers to hold strong confidence and join hands so that supporters can participate," and promised, "I will keep in mind each issue raised by the first-term lawmakers today."

Meanwhile, President Moon attracted attention by stating that the ruling party’s first-term lawmakers were the first guests welcomed after remodeling the Blue House State Guest House. It is known that commemorative watches of President Moon were given as gifts to the ruling party’s first-term lawmakers.

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