Hong Jun-pyo "Let's Reduce the Number of National Assembly Members by Half"... Campaign Promise for Administrative Reorganization Including Downsizing Government Ministries

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Hong Jun-pyo, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, presented directions for government organization reform on the 9th, including reducing the number of National Assembly members and integrating central government ministries. Hong also announced administrative reforms such as abolishing provinces (do) and reorganizing local governments into about 40 units.

On the 9th, Hong stated through social networking services (SNS), "It is now time to reorganize administrative organizations suitable for an advanced country era," adding, "To prevent the drawbacks of a single-term presidential system, it is urgent to establish a Future Strategy Office in the Blue House, and the administrative ministries should be consolidated from the current 18 ministries into about 10."

He continued, "It is time to simplify the complex ministry names and promote the integration of public institutions to carry out structural adjustments," and asserted, "With the advent of the AI era, provinces (do) should be abolished and the entire country reorganized into about 40 local governments, restructuring the administrative organization into two levels: local government and central government, and fully implementing decentralization."

He also pledged to reduce the number of National Assembly members. He said, "The National Assembly should abolish the proportional representation system and reduce the number of members to 150, and the outdated parliamentary immunity from arrest should be abolished," adding, "To truly enter the era of an advanced strong nation, it is now time to start with reorganizing the outdated administrative organization."

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