Yoon Seok-yeol: "Public officials are servants serving the people, I will be an honest servant and president"

"Democracy Makes Yeouido Politicians Talk About Parliamentary and Presidential Systems"
"We Must Distinguish Between Bad Servants and Servants Who Betray Their Masters"

Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, is responding with an uppercut ceremony to cheering supporters at the Gyeonggi Anyang campaign held at Pyeongchon Central Park in Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 7th. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju, Anyang doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporters Hyunju Lee and Joohee Kang] On the 7th, two days before the presidential election, Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, emphasized during a field campaign in Anyang City, Gyeonggi Province, that "all elected and appointed public officials are servants who serve the people as their masters," and "to properly fulfill the role of a servant, one must think solely of the people's interests."

On that day, Yoon said, "Having experienced the five years of the Democratic Party of Korea's administration as one of the people, I have come to reconsider what democracy truly means."

He stated, "When it comes to democracy, politicians in Yeouido talk about parliamentary or presidential systems, but democracy is a country where the people are the masters and public officials must be servants to the people."

He continued, "Isn't it the duty of a servant to constantly think about what is most beneficial to the master they serve? Isn't that democracy?" Regarding the use of corporate cards by Kim Hye-kyung, spouse of Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, he questioned, "If the master tells the servant to go buy beef, should the servant go to a place that gives money back to themselves or to the place that offers the best beef?" and pointed out, "Servants must not engage in corruption."

Yoon said, "A servant who engages in corruption is not a servant," adding, "In the Joseon Dynasty, they would have been flogged and expelled. Servants must be honest to their masters and must not lie."

At the site, Yoon also asked, "Shouldn't we now distinguish between honest servants, bad servants, and servants who betray their masters?" and remarked, "It is difficult to see the Democratic Party administration as honest servants who think only of the people."

He then appealed for support, saying, "If you entrust the government to me, I will be your honest servant, an honest president," and "Please help restore this country to a normal nation governed by common sense."

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