President Yoon Seok-yeol and Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung will hold a top-level meeting on the 29th. This will be the first time that President Yoon and Lee have met exclusively since taking office in May 2022.
The presidential office plans to use the summit as an opportunity to seek a breakthrough in the political situation. The Democratic Party of Korea is enthusiastic, saying, "We must not only have a forum for dialogue, but also produce results."
President Yoon and Representative Lee will hold a summit at 2 p.m. on the same day in the presidential office in Yongsan. The summit is expected to last between one hour and one and a half hours.
Also in attendance at the Presidential Office will be Jeong Jin-seok, Chief of Staff to the President, Hong Cheol-ho, Chief Secretary for Political Affairs, and Lee Do-eun, Chief Secretary for Public Relations.
The chairman of the strategy committee, Park Sung-Jun, the chief spokesperson, will also be in attendance. Prior to the summit, the two sides held three preparatory meetings. In the first and second preparatory meetings, the Democratic Party of Korea announced that it would increase the private sector's share of the national income by 2030, and that it would increase the share of the private sector by 2030.
They reportedly demanded the payment of 250,000 won (28,600 yen) in support of the recovery of their livelihoods, the acceptance of the special investigation law for the death of Corporal Choi in the line of duty, an apology from President Yoon to the people, and self-restraint in the use of the veto.
The presidential office has maintained its stance that free dialogue should be conducted without deciding on a specific topic, and negotiations have reached a stalemate. In the end, Representative Lee said, "I will stop all of this and meet with President Yoon for now."
The Presidential Office hopes that this summit will lead to a resolution to the deadlock in the political situation.
Issues that require legislation in the National Assembly, as promised by the President at the public welfare forum, and labor, education, and pension reforms, which are important national issues for the government, are likely to be discussed.
There is also interest in whether the two parties will discuss the nomination of new members. The Democratic Party of Korea has repeatedly emphasized that it will convey the "will of the people in the general election" without reservation.
The government is emphasizing that it is important to not just talk about it, but to produce results. To this end, it will request the creation of an additional supplementary budget of 13 trillion won (approximately 1.49 trillion yen) to provide subsidies to help people recover from their hardships.
In order to show that President Yoon has steered the nation's politics, he should accept the special investigation bill for Corporal Choi and the special investigation bill for First Lady Kim Geon-hee, and take control of enforcement decrees and the use of veto power.
The Democratic Party also demanded that the Democratic Party make a promise to control the situation. On the other hand, the two sides are at odds over whether to create a joint agreement text. The President's Office has said that a text of the agreement is possible, but both sides are opposed to the idea.
"There was no discussion about drafting an agreement during the working-level talks," he said, adding that he had not heard anything about it. After the summit, the Democratic Party, along with the President's Office, announced the contents of the talks at a press conference.
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2024/04/29 07:03 KST
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