President Lee Jae-myung Emphasizes Reform Resolve While Warning Against Radical Agitation
President Lee Jae-myung’s resolve for reform: empathy and due process are more important than radical agitation Read about internal unity and momentum amid the prosecutor reform debate
President Lee Jaemyung reiterated his determination to carry out reform on the 12th, saying that extreme agitation can instead increase resistance and backlash, thereby hindering reform.
Quoting a post by Park Taehoon, head of the Youth Today Research Institute, President Lee said, “There is not a single thing that is wrong,” and stated that reform must be pursued on the basis of empathy and procedure while never giving up on goals and values. He noted that reform is more difficult than revolution, and that excess driven by speed and passion can instead trigger a backlash.
He also said that public office should be service for everyone, not for a specific group, and this is interpreted as showing that, amid continuing criticism and debate within the progressive camp over prosecutorial reform, internal unity and reform momentum must be considered together.