Kim Ki-hyun: "All Seven Legislative Acts of the Democratic Party Are Populism"

Kim Ki-hyun, a member of the People Power Party, is giving a special lecture on "Our Attitude for Successful Legislative Activities" at the People Power Party Gyeonggi Provincial Council Members Workshop held on the 16th at Ramada Jeju City Hall in Jeju City. Photo by Kim Ki-hyun's Office

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] As the Democratic Party of Korea announced that it would focus on processing seven major legislative tasks including the 'Yellow Envelope Act,' Kim Ki-hyun, a member of the People Power Party and one of the next party leadership candidates, fired a direct shot, saying, "They are all populist bills."

On the 21st, Kim stated on his social network service (SNS), "The historically poor representative Lee Jae-myung and the Democratic Party are deceiving the public by exaggerating the 'tax-eating hippo legislation,' which will involve tens of trillions of won of national finances, as livelihood legislation and have started inciting the public."

On the previous day, Kim Seong-hwan, chairman of the Democratic Party's Policy Committee, announced seven major legislative tasks at a press briefing: ▲ Basic Pension Expansion Act ▲ Childbirth and Childcare Allowance Expansion Act ▲ Grain Management Act ▲ Yellow Envelope Act ▲ Delivery Price Linkage System ▲ Household Debt Countermeasure Act (including prevention of interest rate profiteering) ▲ National Responsibility for the Disabled Act and others.

Kim said, "The forces that ruined the state affairs with real estate policies, nuclear phase-out, and income-led growth and were judged by the people are creeping back to butcher state affairs again with 'sugar-coated' legislation," adding, "It is exactly the same reckless situation as when they trampled on the opposition and the people’s objections and pushed through real estate policies, nuclear phase-out, and income-led growth."

He raised his voice, saying that the Democratic Party's seven major legislations are "all populist bills that harm the nation's fiscal soundness and distort the free market economy order," and "Regardless of whether the country's treasury is depleted or the nation develops diabetes, the Democratic Party, which is misleading the public with sweet cotton candy to protect Representative Lee, is truly a 'national governance nuisance' party and a 'national hypertension' party that raises the people's blood pressure."

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