At the National Integration Report, President Yong said, “There is a large-scale force trying to eliminate freedom, and it is a difficult country to integrate.”
Recognition of the opposition camp, including the Democratic Party, as a “force that erases freedom,” ideologically dividing the people with the value of “freedom,” Han-gil said, “President Yoon is committed to working hard to realize the people’s active freedom and happiness, and this is the policy direction and methodology.” [Poly News Reporter Jeong Chan] President Yoon Seok-yeol did not hide his perception of the opposition party and the progressive camp as “forces that seek to erase freedom by erasing freedom,” and expressed his intention that national unity is difficult at the ‘National Integration Promotion Strategy and Performance Report’ on the 21st. Yoon At the <National Integration Strategy and Performance Reporting Meeting> held at the Yongsan Presidential Office this afternoon, the President mentioned integration in a constitutional sense, saying, "I am a person who studied law, so in Germany, what kind of mechanism for so-called national integration is considered, it is enshrined in the Constitution. So, I see the Constitution as a process and a mechanism for achieving a certain assimilation integration of the people. In the end, it seems to refer to a certain value-oriented integration process contained in the Constitution." He continued, "In our country, freedom is achieved in the liberal democracy of the current Constitution. “There are forces with such large-scale opinions who argue that it should be erased and deleted, so it is truly a country where stable integration is very difficult,” he said. It revealed the perception that national unity is not possible because the current opposition camp, including the Democratic Party, is an anti-constitutional force that does not recognize ‘freedom.’ However, the current opposition party did not deny the meaning of liberal democracy, but denied that it believed that the term ‘democracy’ contained the connotation of ‘liberal democracy.’ It can be seen as an ideological division of the people by emphasizing only the ‘freedom’ values of President Yoon himself and the conservative camp. Furthermore, President Yoon said, “If the government grows by leaps and bounds and makes an economic leap, some kind of integration may be achieved in the process,” and also indicated that in the current reality, economic growth should be pursued with a conservative policy stance based on market freedom rather than integration. However, President Yoon said, “If social conflict and division are severe, we should not enjoy welfare as welfare.” There is a lot of social waste because all of our precious production value is used up in fighting division and conflict, and there are many cases where the things that future generations should enjoy are being used up as weapons in this fight, so reducing this social conflict and division and uniting the people as one is truly very important for national development and overcoming the crisis.” Kim Han-gil, chairman of the National Integration Committee, said at the meeting, “The National Integration Committee is also essential for national unity. “We reviewed what needs to be done and what can be done, and selected national integration promotion strategies and key tasks as a roadmap for the next five years. In particular, next year, 2023, we will focus on the two themes of youth and the socially disadvantaged, and select tasks with high national interest and timeliness to find solutions.” He continued, “President Yoon is working hard to achieve national unity more actively than any other president. He said, “It is a policy orientation and methodology that expresses philosophy and passion in a way that touches the skin of members of our society.” Chairman Kim also said, “I am not the only one who feels uneasy every time I see the President working tirelessly despite a tight schedule amidst unpredictable situations every day.” Attending the briefing session were Kim Han-gil, chairman of the National Integration Committee, Jae-cheon Choi, attorney representing the Heritage Law Firm, Woo-young Lee, professor at Seoul National University, In-soon Cha, adjunct professor at the National Assembly Research Institute, Professor Min-jeon Kim at Kyung Hee University, former National Assembly member Young-woo Kim, and professor Hyun-chul Lee at Konkuk University. Special committee members and related ministries included Ji-ah Han, expert member of the WHO Headquarters Health and Aging Consortium, lawyer Bo-yoon Choi, Chae-un Lim, professor emeritus at Sogang University; Ministers of Land, Education, Culture, Sports, Employment and Labor, Administrative Safety, Health and Welfare, Gender Equality and Family, Small and Medium Venture Business, Vice Minister of Justice, and Chairman of the Fair Trade Commission attended, and from the President's Office, Senior Secretary for Civil Society Kang Seung-gyu and Secretary for National Integration Choi Cheol-gyu attended.
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