Yoon Seok-yeol: "Military Sexual Assault Cases Persist... The Regime Must Take Responsibility"

People Power Party's Yoon Seok-yeol, a preliminary candidate for the presidential primary, is giving a presentation at the "People's Promise Vision Presentation" held at the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 25th. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Yoon Seok-yeol, former Prosecutor General and presidential candidate of the People Power Party, attended the launch ceremony and seminar of the 'Defense Forum with the People' on the 27th, stating, "An unprecedented situation occurred where 90% of the Cheonghae Unit members were infected with COVID-19 and had to withdraw. There have been continuous failures in vigilance and incidents of sexual harassment within the military," adding, "This administration must take full responsibility."

In his opening remarks that day, Yoon said, "We must now build a military worthy of the name and restore trust in the armed forces," and "Moreover, we need to develop a new defense strategy suitable for the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution."

He also emphasized, "No matter how advanced and science-technology-based a strong military is, it is useless if the mental readiness collapses," and "We must now firmly establish our will for national defense."

Meanwhile, Yoon's campaign launched the 'Future Defense Innovation 4.0 Special Committee,' which will play a central role in defense policy. Former Army Chief of Staff Kim Yong-woo and former Air Force Chief of Staff Lee Wang-geun were appointed as co-chairmen. Both co-chairmen previously served as the first Army Chief of Staff and Air Force Chief of Staff, respectively, under the Moon Jae-in administration.

Kim Yong-hyun, former Operations Headquarters Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was appointed as the Executive Committee Chairman, and Shin In-ho, former director of the Eulji Research Institute at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), was appointed as Secretary-General. The committee members include Kim In-ho, founding president of the Defense Robotics Society; Cho Dong-il, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Seoul National University; Hong Kyu-deok, professor in the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy at Sookmyung Women's University; Jung Chun-il, deputy director of the Korea Institute for Strategic Studies; Yang Wook, director of the Korea Defense and Security Forum; and Jung Jae-won, research professor at the KAIST Defense Artificial Intelligence Convergence Research Center.

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