Itanhee, Donghak Lee Publicly Support... "Most Trustworthy in Terms of Sincerity for Political Reform"

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] On the 25th, Lee Tan-hee, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, announced his support for Lee Dong-hak, former Supreme Council member, who is running for party leader in the upcoming August party convention.

Democratic Party lawmakers Lee Tan-hee and former Supreme Council member Lee Dong-hak held an emergency press conference on political reform and political change action declaration at the National Assembly Communication Office on the 25th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

On the same day, Lee held a press conference with former Supreme Council member Lee at the National Assembly Communication Office, declaring a "Political Change and Political Reform Action Declaration," stating, "I judge that former Supreme Council member Lee is the most trustworthy in terms of sincerity for political reform."

Lee said, "Former Supreme Council member Lee was the first to point out that the 586 generation is becoming entrenched and distorted in their vested interests, and he also raised concerns within the party about former lawmaker Song Young-gil's mayoral candidacy in Seoul," adding, "Regardless of the party leader election, if we continue to walk the right path, many citizens will join us, and I am confident that we will achieve results in the end."

On this day, the two announced the Political Change and Political Reform Action Declaration. This declaration began as a reflection on the fact that political change and reform, which should have been implemented immediately after the presidential election, have not been effectively carried out. It is a promise made to the people that must be kept.

The Democratic Party adopted a party resolution on February 27 to pursue political change and reform regardless of the presidential election outcome, and shortly after, on March 1, then-presidential candidates Lee Jae-myung and Kim Dong-yeon reaffirmed this through a joint declaration.

However, the evaluation is that satisfactory results have not been produced so far.

Although the National Assembly's Special Committee on Political Reform was activated immediately after the presidential election, the 'Satellite Party Prevention Act' was not even deliberated, and the abolition of two-member electoral districts for local councilors was only piloted.

Even the so-called achievement of piloting the abolition of two-member electoral districts for local councilors faced criticism as the Democratic Party, which holds the majority in local councils, retreated by splitting all districts, appearing to be focused on protecting vested interests.

To escape such criticism and prove sincerity in political change, Lee and former Supreme Council member Lee believe that political change and reform must be pursued swiftly through actions, not words.

Lee and former Supreme Council member Lee plan to abolish the 'Satellite Party Prevention Act' before the end of this year and significantly increase the number of proportional representation seats to accelerate political change and reform.

They also plan to announce through today's action declaration that next year they will focus all efforts on implementing the 'Presidential Runoff System' and relinquishing the vested interests of National Assembly members, thereby fulfilling the political change and reform promised to the people in the first phase.

Lee emphasized, "Political change and reform is about reclaiming the roots of the spirit of Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun and securing our moral foundation," adding, "I will stake my political life on this matter to prove that the Democratic Party is not one of the two-party vested interests."

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