Next, Han Byung-do, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, representative of the National Assembly's negotiating group, speech. Respect and love the people! Speaker of the National Assembly Woo Won-sik and his colleagues and colleagues!
Prime Minister Kim Min-seok and other members of the State Council! This is Han Byeong-do, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea. Former Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan has left us. The Prime Minister has been a living history and witness to democracy and parliamentary politics in the Republic of Korea.
I will continue the noble will of the Prime Minister for his indomitable faith in democracy, his firm will for peaceful cooperation on the Korean Peninsula, his infinite dedication to the people, and his noble will.
I sincerely thank the people for joining me in the funeral of Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan. I would also like to express my deepest gratitude to my fellow Members for expressing their condolences to the deceased. My fellow citizens! South Korea is quickly becoming normalized. Seven months after the inauguration of the Lee Jae Myung government, the
KOSPI index surpassed 5,000 points, and the
KOSDAQ index also surpassed 1,000 points. This is the result of the Lee Myung-bak administration's policy commitment to overcome the rampant Korea discount and move toward a premium era in Korea. Recently, the Korean economy has been on the rise for three months due to improved domestic consumption, and increased exports of semiconductors, shipbuilding, and defense products. IMF forecasts South Korea's economic growth rate for 2025 and 2026,
at the same time. In particular, Korea's growth forecast of 1.9% this year is higher than the average of advanced countries such as the UK, Germany, and Japan. The government is also forecasting a recovery in growth of around 2%. The diplomatic performance of the Government of Lee Jae Myung is truly remarkable and overwhelming.
With the successful hosting of the APEC Leaders Meeting in Gyeongju, the Republic of Korea has once again established itself as a central and leading country for peace and prosperity in Northeast Asia.
Mutual trade and trade negotiations based on mutual trust have also been concluded through the Korea-U.S. Summit. In addition, discussions on uranium enrichment, reprocessing spent nuclear fuel, and introducing
nuclear-powered submarines have been advanced, dramatically enhancing self-defense and energy security. Through a series of summit meetings between Korea, China and Japan,
Korea-China relations have been completely restored and
Future-oriented relations between Korea and Japan have been newly established. We reaffirm the Republic of Korea's potential and status in the international community through President Lee Jae Myung's pragmatic diplomacy centered on national interests. The Republic of Korea has successfully returned to the international arena, and the world is paying attention to the Republic of Korea again. The dark cloud of the complex crisis that has swept around the country is being cleared. A new energy of vitality is being felt in people's livelihoods and the economy. All of these miraculous accomplishments were possible because of the great people who stood up against the martial law army's guns and defended the constitutional order and democracy with their whole bodies. To my respected and beloved people,
I salute you once again. Thank you, my fellow citizens!

The Court ruled that Choi Yoon Suk Yeol Seok-yeol's Dec. 3 emergency martial law was a riot involving the military and police,
beyond unconstitutionality and illegality,
_ a clear civil war. Han Deok-soo, who blatantly sought the presidential election by refusing to participate in the rebellion with lame excuses, was sentenced to 23 years in prison and arrested in court. Now it's time for condemnation. On the 19th, the sentence of the first trial is scheduled for Yoon Suk Yeol, the head of the rebellion, Kim Yong-hyun, Roh Sang-won, and Jo Ji-ho, the important mission workers of the rebellion. The insurrectionists, who violated constitutional order and democracy with a gun, can no longer avoid the maximum sentence in court. However, the full extent of the December 3 Civil War has not yet been fully identified.
The three special prosecutors should clarify the true nature of Yoon Seok-yeol and Kim Gun-hee's manipulation of state affairs, such as the Roh Sang-won notebook that the third special prosecutor failed to uncover, the foreign exchange charges that induced North Korea's attack, the preferential treatment of relocating the presidential residence, and the suspicion of changing the route to the Yangpyeong Expressway. Suspicions of a life-saving lobby in the Marine Corps case are also still shrouded in shroud. Meanwhile, the court sentenced Kim Geon-hee to 1 year and 8 months in prison. He was found not guilty of massive crimes such as stock price manipulation and free poll of pollsters. My fellow citizens, are you satisfied with this ruling? Special Prosecutor Kim Gun-hee's sentence was
15 years in prison, a fine of 2 billion won, and
additional fine of 900 million won. The court completely ignored the fact that Kim Gun-hee was the operator of the joint government of Yun Seok-yeol and Kim Gun-hee, and that he was a "V-Zero," a heavyweight who manipulated the state administration. The second comprehensive special prosecution should be launched quickly to investigate and punish various suspicions and substance surrounding Kim Gun-hee more thoroughly. Suspicions of political and diplomatic collusion, which are woven like sweet potato stems, should also be cleared out. The Constitution of the Republic of Korea stipulates the separation of church and state. The involvement of the Unification Church and the Shincheonji in the party race through systematic membership shakes the foundation of the Constitution. I propose to the power of the people. Let's investigate the Unification and Shincheonji together and completely sever the bond between politics and religion. Dear people! In 1996, Chun Doo-hwan, who was sentenced to death in the first trial, walked out of prison living, and there was no apology until his death. If we had properly condemned Chun Doo-hwan,
Yun Seok-yeol would not have been born. The judiciary wants to make a just judgment before the history of the insurrection. I ask the power of the people strictly. Is a martial law apology a real or a false apology? While keeping his head down on the outside, the leadership personally joined the far-right who blasphemed May 18 and praised Chun Doo-hwan. Chun Doo-hwan was the first to join the party, calling him a "man who led democratization without bleeding" and saying, "Let's hang a picture of Yoon Suk Yeol fever with us." If this happens, won't the People's Power Party become the
'Civil War Crimes Gallery'? May Gwangju's Tongtong is alive in blue. Praising the insurgents is a head-on challenge to the sovereign and a clear denial of the constitutional order. I ask you again. What is the value that the power of the people is trying to protect? If only to hold back the Lee Jae Myung government and even legislation that they approve of is sacrificed to the filibuster and acts for their own political gain, which people would understand?
The last disposition the people will take to a political party that has rejected the mandate of the sovereign and abandoned its constitutional values is the 'judgment'. Cut off the power of the people from the far right that still calls for Yoon Again, the insurgent forces that do not reflect. Otherwise, the people will cut you off. My fellow citizens! Prosecution and judicial reform are irreversible zeitgeist. Political prosecutors who wielded unwavering power for 78 years and trampled on democracy and human rights. By October, the prosecution will be completely lost in history. There is no compromise in prosecutorial reform. The abolition of the prosecution office, the establishment of the prosecution office and the serious criminal investigation office, and the complete separation of investigation and prosecution are the grand principles that will never waver. Judicial reform will also be completed as soon as possible from the public's perspective. The people are still asking. Why has he been silent about the unconstitutionality and illegality of the December 3 Civil War for so long. Why on earth did Judge Ji Gwi-yeon release the Yoon Suk Yeol sequence of
with the rare logic of
hour calculation? How the Supreme Court reversed and returned the case of Lee Jae-myung's presidential candidate nine days after the Supreme Court's referral to the en banc. It was enough to buy the suspicion of defending the forces of rebellion, and the trust of the judiciary fell to the ground. The Democratic Party will expedite the three major reform bills to protect the fundamental rights and the rule of law of the people. Dear people! The past year has been a time when everyone encourages each other and transitions from pain and anxiety to healing and recovery. The Lee Jae Myung government and the Democratic Party have been doing their best to revive the people's livelihoods and the economy at the end of the cliff and to normalize the nation. Twenty days after the inauguration of the government, the extra budget bill was submitted to the National Assembly, and the Democratic Party expanded support for the non-metropolitan area and the vulnerable, quickly passing
31.8 trillion, an increase of 1.3 trillion won from the government's proposal. The recovery of people's livelihoods led to a recovery in domestic consumption thanks to the expansion of consumer coupons and local currency issuance, and it became a priming water for economic stimulus and stabilization of people's livelihoods. Every merchant I met in the traditional market said
, "Now I can breathe a little bit." The Lee Jae Myung government has consistently pursued a policy of inducing excessively concentrated funds on real estate to productive financial sectors such as the stock market. The Democratic Party laid the foundation for overcoming the Korea discount by two amendments to the Commercial Act, separate taxation on dividend income, and reasonable adjustments to the standards of capital gains tax for large shareholders. In the future, we will further accelerate the reform of the capital market by promoting the revision of the 3rd Commercial Act, the introduction of the Korean Discovery System, the expansion of the Stewardship Code, and the Prevention of Stock Price Press. Thanks to the people who trusted and supported the Lee Jae Myung government and the Democratic Party, people's livelihoods and the economy are finding their place little by little. The Republic of Korea is now at the starting line of a major leap beyond normalization. However, the challenges of stabilizing people's livelihoods and overcoming polarization remain. For the first time ever, the $700 billion era of exports has opened, but not all citizens are enjoying the fruits. We're now experiencing a
K-shaped growth where one side is growing but the other side is stagnant. The Democratic Party will pay greater attention to vulnerable sectors suffering from stagnant growth, such as local, small businesses, small business owners, and low-income families. We will deal with the ｢Special Act on Administrative Integration통합 and the ｢Local Autonomy Act｣ in the National Assembly in February.
We will prepare thorough and systematic legislation to maximize the effect of administrative integration and to bring about substantial changes in the lives of local residents. Small and medium-sized businesses are the backbone of our economy. Small and medium-sized enterprises make up most of the enterprises and are responsible for the employment of the majority of the people. Nevertheless, a structure in which good jobs and productivity are concentrated only in large enterprises and certain industries is not normal. We need institutional innovation to help small and medium-sized businesses continue to grow by building a healthy corporate ecosystem. First of all, we will push for the passage of the 「Fanro Support Act」 and the 「Small and Medium Venture Business Overseas Expansion Act」, which support SMEs' entry into the procurement market and overseas expansion, within the first half of the year. In addition, we will strengthen and expand the foundation for win-win cooperation by expanding the targets of performance sharing and delivery payment linkage. The Lee Jae Myung government and the Democratic Party have not forgotten the small business owners and self-employed who endured special sacrifices amid the national crisis of COVID-19. It is expected that the government subsidy rate for local currencies will be raised this year, leading to an expansion of the sales base. In addition,
will fundamentally increase productivity by expanding customized AI support for each industry for stable adaptation in the AI era. We will also aim to pass the 「Small Business Act」 to establish a support system dedicated to the integrated recovery of small business owners within the first half of the year. The Lee Jae Myung government and the Democratic Party will look more closely at the lives of the vulnerable and low-income families and work harder to come up with support measures that actually touch the skin. The sluggish employment index continues due to the increase and prolonged number of 'rested young people'. The government will expand AI education and vocational training and come up with customized support measures for each type of
'rested youth'. The Democratic Party will support this with the Youth Employment Promotion Act. We will also strengthen support for the vulnerable and low-income families by strengthening basic living security, enhancing work incentives, and expanding integrated care. As President Lee Jae Myung has proposed,
now our society must move towards 'growth of all'. "Everyone's Growth" is about expanding the actors of growth, sharing the results of growth evenly, increasing access to opportunities, and creating sustainable growth conditions. The Democratic Party will strongly support the stabilization of people's livelihoods and the resolution of polarization through "everyone's growth" through legislation. <The speed of people's lives is important>
Respectful people,
, seniors, and fellow lawmakers! The internal and external conditions we're in now are never easy. You must bring wisdom together to turn a stumbling block into a stepping stone. It is the essence of politics and the responsibility of the National Assembly to solve the problem of people's livelihoods. However, when I look back on whether our National Assembly is functioning properly and how much trust we have from the people, I feel a heavy sense of responsibility. The speed of people's livelihood recovery is important. Congress, as a legislature, should not miss the golden time to deal with the legislation of the people's livelihood. Making the people feel the maximum effectiveness of the policy is the basic attitude that the representative of the people should have. However, the pace of legislation in the 22nd National Assembly is too slow. We passed 90 bills on people's livelihoods at the plenary session last week, but we still have a long way to go. Twenty months after its opening,
legislation is only 22.5%. It is much lower compared to 21.7% in the 21st and 23.9% in the 20s during the same period. These results are directly attributed to the suffering of the people. If you turn a blind eye to the lives of the people, the National Assembly has no reason to exist. Last year, the Lee Jae Myung government's biggest challenge,
tariff negotiations, were successfully concluded, but
Recently, the U.S. has been pressing for a re-recognition of tariffs. We ask the members of the opposition party to conduct an in-depth examination and prompt processing of the ｢Special Act for Strategic Investment Management of Korea-U.S.투자. If tariffs are raised again, the automobile industry will bear an additional burden of more than KRW 4 trillion per year. It is obvious that this will not be just a matter of corporate profit or loss, but will lead to higher vehicle prices and less investment, which will lead to an increase in the burden on domestic consumers and a structural shock that pressures jobs. We shouldn't waste any more time. Sometimes it is necessary to emphasize the position of the party to which it belongs, but in the face of the people's livelihood and national interests, we must gather strength and wisdom to be called the true Hall of the People. There is no people who can tolerate politics that takes people's livelihoods and national interests as pawns. My fellow citizens! The Democratic Party will fulfill its responsibility with a working National Assembly centered on resolving people's livelihoods, a politics that gives hope. We will lay a 'people's livelihood reform legislative highway' in the National Assembly and speed up the process of the Lee Myung-bak administration's national affairs and the bills on people's livelihood and reform. The Democratic Party will set up a 'people's livelihood and economic legislation promotion situation room' on the floor. On a weekly and monthly basis, we will examine the legislative fairness of key national affairs and bills directly related to people's lives, and report the progress to the public. The government of Lee Jae Myung is a government established by the people. Only when the Lee Jae Myung government succeeds can the people succeed, and the Republic of Korea succeed. For the success of Lee Jae Myung's government and for the better lives of its people, the Democratic Party will first act and respond with achievements. I will be at the center of the National Assembly to save people's livelihoods. <AI Newspaper Age, Beyond Chaser to Leader>
Dear People,
A 'giant cart' of artificial intelligence and robots is rolling in. This cart can't be stopped or avoided by us. A world where 24/7 working AI robots fill a dark factory,
It's not an imagination, it's a reality that's already around us. It is a dereliction of duty for future generations to be buried in ideological or political strife between us in the face of this great transition of civilization and history. I will guide all the people above the 'AI Expressway'. We need to open up opportunities for learning so that all citizens can use AI as a tool. We need to rearrange the system so that AI is not a threat to take away our jobs, but rather a 'great tool' that extends our people's capabilities indefinitely. We need to lay the foundation for a 'basic society' that prevents extreme polarization. If the enormous wealth generated by AI and robots is concentrated on only a few,
the majority of people will be frustrated on the job cliff. The 'basic society' is the least 'survival system' to maintain the
community in the age of the technological revolution. Let's seriously discuss a concrete solution in which all people share the fruits of AI's growth evenly. The Lee Jae Myung government and the Democratic Party will boldly throw the formula for success in the past for the 'life of the people only', and take a new map called
AI and take the path of a great leap forward in the Republic of Korea. This is the time in Korea. You must end the time of
'The Chaser' following someone else's correct answer. If we are half a step ahead, we can become a 'leader' who enjoys infinite opportunities. I won't miss that crucial moment. <Change Starts in the provinces>
Respectful People! A huge black hole called the concentration of the metropolitan area is devouring all of Korea's growth potential. In the Seoul metropolitan area, which accounts for only 11% of the nation's land,
half of the population lives. 80% of the top 100 companies are concentrated. On the contrary, 60% of municipalities across the country are facing
extinction. The consequences of the current and non-capital polarization will be borne by future generations. Young people will not be able to jump the ladder of class mobility, and children will have different starting lines of success depending on their birthplace. It's not an individual matter. It's a matter of state, it's a matter of structure. We need a bold and bold balanced development strategy with the determination of reorganizing the nation's 100 years of history. Korea's Great Leap begins now, in the provinces. The Democratic Party will make every effort to realize local-led growth. The legislation for regional integration will also be dealt with promptly. With sufficient discussion and deliberation,
We will collect opinions from the field and try to ensure that the region is the desired integration. We will create conditions for
people to stay and
talent to grow, not just scale integration. We will ensure that the national tasks of regional-led growth and balanced development, such as creating 10 Seoul National University and relocating
2nd public institutions, will be realized without disruption. The Republic of Korea, where the provinces lead the change,
Democratic Party will open the door wide. In June, local elections will be held. The elections should be held to end the civil war, restore people's livelihoods, and normalize the Republic of Korea. It should be a historic election worthy of a local-led growth transformation. The National Assembly's special committee on political reform is in operation. We will accelerate the improvement of the system, including redistricting. 36 years ago, the late President Kim Dae Jung revived it with a life-threatening fast. More than 30 years later, such a grassroots democracy opened the era of a president who was head of a basic organization. The Democratic Party will prepare for the June 3 local elections as an election to discover new talents that will lead to local-led growth. We will prepare for an election that will go beyond the national sovereign government and complete the national sovereign local government. Along with the upcoming local elections, we propose a constitutional amendment of
one point. Let's include the May 18 spirit in the full text of the Constitution. The May 18 Democratic Movement is the basis of the constitutional order and democracy of Korea. There is no reason to postpone the full text of the Constitution anymore. I look forward to bipartisan cooperation from the opposition. The revision of the referendum law proposed by National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik will also be carried out as soon as possible. <Peace is the people's livelihood and the economy>
Dear people! Senior and fellow lawmakers! Spring will come again soon on the Korean Peninsula, which has been frozen by cold weather throughout the winter, but frozen inter-Korean relations show no signs of improvement. In his New Year's press conference, President Lee Jae Myung presented a ``stable growth supported by peace.'' Peaceful people's livelihoods
The foundation is, after all, a solid peace. We need to improve inter-Korean relations and re-energize peace on the Korean Peninsula. A small drone could endanger the Korean Peninsula in an instant.
The restoration of the 9/19 military agreement that prevents accidental clashes between the two Koreas and restores political and military trust should not be delayed any longer. Fundamentally, we must ensure that 'peaceful use of unarmed areas' is guaranteed by our laws and systems. It's been 10 years since the Kaesong Industrial Complex stopped this year. We need to lay the foundation for joint growth on the Korean Peninsula. We will systematically support the special peace and economy zones so that they can open their first shovels in the border area. The Democratic Party of Korea will maximize the experience and capabilities of inter-Korean cooperation accumulated so far to improve inter-Korean relations and promote peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula. My respected and loved people! The Democratic Party, along with the Lee Jae Myung government, will make 2026 the first year of the Great Leap of the Republic of Korea. As stated by President Lee Jae Myung at the New Year's conference, we will make a great leap forward for the Republic of Korea through the five growth strategies of
region-led growth,
growth of all people sharing opportunities and fruits evenly,
sustainable growth based on safety,
growth of attractive growth led by culture,
growth of stable growth supported by peace, etc. The first principle of the Lee Jae Myung government is
'only the life of the people'. The top priority of the Democratic Party of Korea is also
'only the people's livelihood'. Politics must exist only for the well-being and well-being of the people. The Democratic Party will completely end the civil war, complete the prosecution reform, judicial reform, and social reform. We will realize balanced national development through the promotion of administrative integration and
achieve national integration. We will improve frozen inter-Korean relations and realize peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula. A community where our children dream of a better tomorrow, a society where everyone is happy, regardless of gender and age, wealth and income, and a country where the state takes responsibility for resolving the anxieties of the people, such as jobs, education and childcare, housing, and old age. We will give everything for the Republic of Korea, where conscience, consideration, and justice live and breathe. Finally,
I would like to conclude today's speech by introducing part of the last speech of the negotiating group representative of the Democratic Party of Korea Chairman Lee Hae-chan on September 4, 2018. "Working sincerely for today's Republic of Korea will be our gift for tomorrow's descendants. Let's make it not a parliament of conflict, rift, anger and distrust, but a parliament of policy and vision, inclusion and trust." Thank you for listening.