2024-08-04 09:32:17
It was reported on the 4th that President Yoon Seok-yeol recently asked, “Think of ministers, vice ministers, and political officials as politicians and give them the opportunity to explain policies directly to the people.”
This is not the first time that the government has called for increased publicity for its policies, but it is interpreted as a request to the cabinet to do its best in response to the opposition party, which is increasing the level of pressure on the government by leveraging its number of seats.
An official from the Blue House said in a phone call with News 1 that President Yoon said this at a Cabinet meeting on the 30th of last month.
In his closing remarks at the time, President Yoon also said, “I urge ministers to frequently have opportunities to explain policies through TV and social network services (SNS) and to make efforts to reach out directly to the public.”
An official from the Blue House said, “The ruling party does not have many lawmakers, at 108, so we ask that ministers and vice ministers not be thought of as mere bureaucrats but rather actively stand before the people.”
President Yoon has consistently ordered vice ministers and presidential staff to strengthen public relations of policies to the public.
President Yoon’s reemphasis on this point to the cabinet is interpreted as being in line with the situation in which the Democratic Party of Korea has continued to push through controversial bills and pressure the government with impeachment motions since the beginning of the 22nd National Assembly.
The explanation is that the minister and vice ministers must lend their support in a situation where the ruling party is not only numerically inferior but is also having a hard time acting as a ‘channel for public sentiment’ in response to the opposition party’s offensive.
The Office of the President is particularly concerned about the fact that 94 key government bills are blocked by the opposition party and are not even being properly discussed in the National Assembly.
Representative examples include bills to ease the burden on self-employed people related to age verification for minors, the Tax Special Measures Act to support personal asset formation by raising the contribution limit and tax-free limit for Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs), and the bill to abolish the Single Distribution Act to ease the burden of terminal purchases.
Bills such as strengthening user damage relief related to game probability items, establishing an online wholesale market for agricultural and marine products, and allowing online delivery during large-scale mart business hours are also unable to pass the National Assembly.
The government has identified tasks for improving people’s livelihoods through a livelihood discussion forum, but the Office of the President is taking the position that the livelihood bills must be processed urgently, as legal revisions are necessary to maximize the effect.
President Yoon’s emphasis on strengthening policy promotion in the cabinet is also intended to have policymakers step forward and actively explain the current situation and gain public support.
The decision is to counter the opposition party’s continued emphasis on President Yoon’s self-righteous image by taking issue with his repeated exercise of the veto (request for reconsideration) and to highlight the fact that the opposition party is ignoring the people’s livelihood.
Another official from the presidential office said, “The bill to protect the self-employed who have been wronged is not passing either,” and added, “This is to emphasize the need for the National Assembly to process livelihood bills and to build social consensus.”
(Seoul = News 1)
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2024-08-04 09:32:17