Yoo Seung-min: "Yoon's Emergency Economic Meeting Shows Only Rosy Outlook, Lacks Will and Strategy"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min, considered a leading candidate for the ruling party's next leadership, harshly criticized the Emergency Economic and Livelihood Meeting chaired by President Yoon Seok-yeol on the afternoon of the 27th, saying "There was no will or strategy from the Yoon Seok-yeol administration." Yoo, regarded as part of the 'Non-Yoon faction,' currently leads the public opinion polls among the ruling party's next leadership candidates.

On the same day, through his social network service (SNS), he said, "What the people and businesses want to hear most right now is the will and strategy of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration to overcome the imminent economic crisis, but that was absent."

He added, "I positively evaluate the efforts of the president and ministers for the economy. However, isn't our economy too risky right now to only offer rosy forecasts?" and "It was also regrettable that there was no discussion about how to handle difficult but essential reform tasks such as labor reform, education reform, pension reform, and population reform."

He then pointed out, "I want to see a government that does not avoid the core of the economic crisis, honestly talks about the difficulties in front of the people, and presents solutions."

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