Choo Mi-ae "I Joined the Impeachment Movement Against Late President Roh Moo-hyun" Positively Addresses 'Impeachment Responsibility Theory'

Kim Du-gwan "Former Party Leader Lee Nak-yeon and Former Minister Chu, key figures who joined hands with the Grand National Party to impeach former President Roh"
Chu Mi-ae "As the eldest daughter-in-law of the Democratic Party, I would be glad if our sons are considered legitimate heirs"

Former Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae is giving a speech declaring her candidacy for the 20th presidential election at a studio in Heyri, Paju, Gyeonggi Province on the 23rd of last month. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Na Ye-eun] Former Minister of Justice and Democratic Party presidential candidate Chu Mi-ae addressed the 'responsibility for the impeachment of the late President Roh Moo-hyun,' stating, "As a Supreme Council member at the time, I have apologized several times for inevitably joining the impeachment movement at the end, and I neither avoided nor denied it."

After holding a policy announcement press conference at the National Assembly on the 23rd, Chu told reporters, "I played a role in trying to stop the impeachment within the party," adding, "I do not wish to refute or discuss that issue at this policy announcement event. I will speak about it on another occasion."

Regarding the legitimacy controversy among Democratic Party presidential candidates, she said, "If my sons are all considered legitimate heirs as the eldest daughter-in-law of the Democratic Party, then they are not only affiliated with the Democratic Party in name but also have the Democratic Party in their hearts," expressing, "I am glad to see that my call to restore reformist politics is being well received."

Earlier, Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Doo-kwan criticized on CBS Radio on the same day (23rd), saying, "At the time, former Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon and former Minister Chu were key figures in the party that joined hands with the opposition party, the Grand National Party, to impeach President Roh." He also said, "If they truly inherited the spirit of pro-Roh and pro-Moon factions, they would not have taken that path."

Former Minister of Justice and Democratic Party presidential candidate Choo Mi-ae is holding a press conference at the National Assembly Communication Office on the 23rd to announce her first pledge, 'Land Rent Reform.' Photo by Yonhap News

Meanwhile, former Minister Chu announced land rent reform as her first policy pledge. The core of the plan is to strengthen property holding taxes on multiple homeowners to normalize taxation on unearned income.

She emphasized, "The essence of the land rent reform advocated by Chu Mi-ae is the normalization of taxation on massive real estate unearned income and rational, fair taxation," adding, "The funds secured through this will be used for social dividends, public welfare, public rental housing, and youth employment to alleviate polarization and inequality and create a ladder of new progress and hope."

She continued, "My real estate policy philosophy is a market-friendly concept of land ownership. This concretely implements the constitutional concept of land ownership through policy measures aligned with market principles," adding, "In the long term, the comprehensive real estate tax will be transformed into a national land holding tax. It will be imposed on all landowners, and the net increase in tax revenue will be equally distributed to all citizens as social dividends."

Former Minister Chu explained, "When tax revenue increases in the future, I will promote the 'National Dignity Project,' which enhances the dignity of the people from cradle to university," elaborating, "(The project) will massively provide public housing for youth and newlyweds, free maternity centers, free daycare centers, free kindergartens, and free higher education, with the state taking responsibility from childbirth through university graduation."

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