Yoon "You can tell at a glance... Lee, how could he have only made the Daejang-dong mistake?"

"The Most Important Factors for Economic Growth Are Liberal Democracy and the Rule of Law"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok, Dangjin=Reporter Kwon Hyun-ji] Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, who visited Chungcheongnam-do on the 22nd, referred to the Daejang-dong development scandal involving Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, and raised additional suspicions, saying, "Would they have done just one thing?"

During a campaign rally held on Market Jungang-gil in Dangjin City, Chungnam, Yoon mentioned the Daejang-dong allegations and said, "When you fight corruption, you realize that there have been many such incidents just by looking at one case," adding, "How could they have made only one mistake? Minor mistakes can be considered errors or oversights, but this requires considerable organizational power. Would they have done just one thing?"

He said, "They appointed their close aides to public office like that, and even their next-door neighbors rented houses from the Gyeonggi Housing and Urban Corporation under the governor for 1 billion won each, but they claim they didn’t know whose houses those were," adding, "If government-issued corporate cards are used like that in the civil service, that is unacceptable."

Yoon also emphasized the need for the rule of law for economic growth. He said, "The national budget now needs to support the government, companies, and the private sector to grow properly, create many jobs, and improve public welfare," adding, "The most important thing for this is freedom, democracy, and the rule of law." He said, "If these basics are not in place, the foundation for growth cannot be established," and "If the social capital of our society, called trust or predictability, is not laid as a foundation, growth will be difficult."

He said, "The most important issue is whether a regime falls into ideology, neglects pragmatism, and whether it strictly deals with large-scale corruption that frustrates the work motivation of our people while upholding the rule of law."

Yoon said, "If entrusted with the People Power Party government, I will cooperate with rational politicians from the Democratic Party of Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun, not Lee Jae-myung’s Democratic Party, to supplement the shortcomings and deficiencies of the People Power Party and gather diverse public opinions to lead politics of national unity and an economy of prosperity."

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