Yoon Seok-yeol and Won Hee-ryong One-Team Strategy? "'National Chance' Aligns with 'Fair Nation'"

Discussion Held in a Warm Atmosphere
'One Voice' on Fairness, Distribution, and Women

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] Yoon Seok-yeol, former Prosecutor General and presidential candidate of the People Power Party, and Won Hee-ryong, former Governor of Jeju Province, created a warm atmosphere by nodding in agreement with each other's arguments during their one-on-one debate.

On the 29th, Yoon and Won engaged in a debate on various topics during the 'People Power Party Presidential Primary Candidates TV Debate' held in Mapo-gu, Seoul.

On that day, the two candidates showed mutual understanding of each other's pledges and visions without major disagreements. Throughout the debate, they nodded and smiled at each other to express empathy.

First, Won mentioned 'National Chance' as a core vision, saying, "This reality where citizens have to give up their dreams, and the pain that comes with it, started from the awareness of the question of what kind of help and support the state can provide to its people." He added, "After much consideration that we should not neglect the situation where citizens have to give up their dream of owning a home, I proposed the half-half housing pledge."

In response, Yoon said, "Won's 'National Chance, not Parental Chance' aligns with my advocacy for a 'Fair Nation'." He continued, "Labor and capital ultimately produce outputs through human capital and technology, but at the core lies social capital, which is trust. Our society must operate based on fairness and common sense to lay the foundation for growth."

Won agreed with his remarks, adding, "I believe that the fairness and common sense you mentioned should become the state's role to share the heavy pain and burdens that the people of this era suffer and to walk the path together."

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They also spoke in unison about resource distribution. Yoon said, "The government should allow freedom in market policies but create and manage systems to ensure fair competition so that distribution by market functions can be fair." Won responded, "I basically agree," adding, "A market economy requires the tension of healthy competition to have vitality, production, and progress."

However, Won mentioned the social redistribution process, saying, "There are people inevitably pushed out of the market. It's not because they want to be pushed out, but it's a fate inherent in competition itself." He argued, "It is most important that primary distribution within the production process is fair, and the parts that fail here should be redistributed or undergo secondary distribution."

There was also no major disagreement on women's policies. When Yoon said, "The traditional image of mothers and the current image of mothers, as well as the issue of women's self-realization, have become completely different worlds," Won agreed and pointed out safety and the risk of career interruption as the biggest problems women suffer from. He continued, "The state must take full responsibility for childcare and children's education, and fathers should be required to take parental leave to enable work-family balance."

Yoon responded, "Among the pledges I announced is giving each spouse one year and six months of parental leave, but it is not an easy issue." He added, "I think the key is to create a substitute workforce pool so that parental leave can be taken."

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