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■ Interview: Won-sik Woo, Democratic Party Representative Candidate
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▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Joo Young-jin's news briefing This Sunday, the next party leader of the Democratic Party will be elected.
So, I will prepare interviews with politicians who challenged the next ruling party representative.
Today, Rep. Woo Won-sik, which you saw in the video a little while ago, came out.
Welcome to.
▶ Wonsik Woo/Democratic Party Member: How are you?
▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: You must be meeting party members while traveling all over the country these days.
What do you hear the most and what do you think you hear the most?
▶ Won-sik Woo/Democratic Party Member: After this by-election, our party members thought,'It's not a big problem to re-create the government'. So please focus on it so that we can re-create the government and restore the people's trust. I now believe that what was ultimately between the victory in the last general election and the defeat in the by-election. In the end, the problem of eating and living of the people became very desperate, and disappointment for our party was eventually manifested by defeat in the by-election because we did not accept such voices well. Fundamentally, we should take good care of the lives of the people. So, there are a lot of people hoping and demanding that this convention will be a national convention for peoples and people to be represented. So I am looking forward to receiving such expectations and becoming a successful national convention.
▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: I think one of the most talked about remarks in the political world is "Idiot, the problem is the economy" that former US President Bill Clinton made in the course of the presidential candidate debate. Is it not economic and reform, but rather a'people's livelihood, a matter of eating and living'?
▶ Won-sik Woo/Democratic Party Member: It is a reform that changes people's lives. In the end, it is a matter of eating and living for the people in the end. In the past, the polarization was intensified due to unfairness and inequality. It was said that our government will improve it, but it means that we have entered a crisis when Corona 19 came out without improving it all. The specific aspect of it is that the so-called people eat and live very seriously. As the number of jobs decreased, business was not working well, group bans and business restrictions became so. How do we solve this problem because such problems come to us in detail? And because there are so many warning sounds in our society about the problem, how to deal with the problem is the most important thing to me.
▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: In that respect, looking back on Rep. Woo Won-sik's journey as a politician, the thought that he met the victims of humidifier disinfectant, met the late Kim Yong-gyun's mother, and tried hard to hear the voices of those who are in more difficult places in our society. listen. Did you actually do a lot of such activities? It seems that you also served as the chairman of the special committee such as the protection of'Eul'.
▶ Wonsik Woo/Democratic Party Member: Yes. Basically, I think politics should be'the strongest weapon to protect the weak.' And I think that politics should be the direction of politics not to be left or right, but to go down and to the field. So, I think this is the original politics that approaches the people, aligns with the people, and protects the people's pain well. I tried to get closer to that political prize.
▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Who is the political teacher of Rep. Woo Won-sik?
▶ Wonsik Woo/Democratic Party Member: I am the former Congressman Kim Geun-tae and the late Kim Dae-jung and the late Roh Moo-hyun.
▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Former Uri Party Chairman Kim Geun-tae When it is difficult or politically difficult, what kind of story do you always think of if the person that you always think of personally and when the party is like that is former Congressman Kim Geun-tae?
▶ Wonsik Woo/Democratic Party Member: "Hope is strong." "No matter how difficult a situation can be, if you have hope in your heart, you can overcome the difficulty." And "Bob is the sky", "You have to take good care of the lives of the people." These are words that come deeply to me. That story is the same value as the'middle class and common people's political party' that the late President Kim Dae-jung used to say. Our late President Roh Moo-hyun also said such a word,'warm market economy', and said all that, but that's all in line. Originally, the value of the Democratic Party is that the Democratic Party is made up of four pillars.
▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Four pillars?
▶ Won-shik Woo/ Democratic Party Member: First is Democratic.
▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Min-Min.
▶ Wonsik Woo/Democratic Party Member: Peace is the second.
▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Peace.
▶ Wonsik Woo/ Democratic Party Member: There is a pillar of democracy and peace on the Korean Peninsula. It is also the history of the Democratic Party that we have been through. It's a very proud history, and it's a history that only the Democrats have. The third pillar is the political party of the middle class and the common people that the late President Kim Dae-jung talked about. We are not a party of vested interests, but a party of the middle class and the common people. It is such a people's life party. Fourth, the country that the late President Roh Moo-hyun talked about is a well-proportioned country, balanced development. So,'Democracy, peace, people's livelihood, balanced development' These are the four values of the Democratic Party as a party that is different from the people's strength. In that respect, the two pillars in front are the people we've been working really hard on, and those who love democracy and peace aren't those who love the Democratic Party?
Well two pillars. The pillar of public welfare and balanced development. Do people who desperately demand public welfare love the Democratic Party for that reason? The balanced development of the country is now getting very serious, and the population is on the verge of declining, and the region is on the verge of extinction. So do all those who want balanced development love the Democratic Party? That's not the case. In that respect, I think the times have changed a bit. The values of democracy and peace should be taken well, but it is difficult to be loved by the people with only this, and now we have made the original pillar of public welfare and balanced development into a strong pillar and built it in the middle of us, so that we can meet the urgent demands here. Is it our support when the sun goes on? It is also the love of the people. It has come to the stage where these things come together. So, it is my basic idea that the four pillars should be well erected, and if these two pillars, which were lacking in that point, are put together, reforms that change the lives of the people are necessary. So, in that sense, it means'people's livelihood' and'Let's strengthen the pillars of people's livelihood, let's break through with people's lives'
▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: When I heard that, I thought about it like the thoughts of the late President Kim Dae-jung and the late President Roh Moo-hyun, but the current President Moon Jae-in and the current administration's state administration. Anyway, there are some parts that you did well, but there are parts that you did wrong. What do you think is the problem?
▶ Wonsik Woo/Democratic Party Member: In the end, the President said all this and that, but it is not being executed well. For example, after entering the corona, the country can restrict business and ban gatherings according to the infectious disease prevention method. But if you do that, won't there be any losses or things like that? There are also fewer jobs. Then, it is guaranteed in the constitution that the state compensates for it. But now, even though the president is telling us to do that, it shouldn't go to our financial authorities. So, your finances become poor. I'm continuing this debate. So I think, actually, our national finances are one of the healthiest countries compared to other OECD countries. Because the national debt ratio is 47%~48%. The OECD is over 120%. So, isn't it to protect the people when they face such a crisis, and the reason to keep their finances soundly? Nevertheless, when it goes to the fiscal authorities, it gets jammed.
And on the other hand, in that part of our party, this is such an important problem and we have not set it as a problem that must be solved. It is also a lack of party. In that respect, I think that this issue should be our central agenda and the party should focus its efforts to solve this issue. So, rather than saying something was wrong, the times have changed by making up for the shortcomings. Therefore, we are facing such a task that we must put the people's livelihoods as our central agenda. That's why this National Congress became a National People's Convention and I made this argument when I selected the right representative to reform people's lives and make reforms that make people's lives better.
▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Then, from now on, there are so many things I will ask you about, but if I ask you briefly just the core. First, in relation to the real estate reform policy, voices from within the Democratic Party are coming out of the Democratic Party in the form of a white family dispute, whether it is necessary to amend the transaction tax and the ownership tax a little or to ease the taxation tax. The Democratic Party is saying, “I will clean it up next month.” How do you think Rep. Woo Won-sik eases ownership tax and transaction tax?
▶ Wonsik Woo/Democratic Party Member: I disagree.
▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: You disagree?
▶ Wonsik Woo/Democratic Party Member: So the biggest problem for us right now is the soaring real estate price. Because of that, the'Hope Ladder' of the youth and the common people was cut off. This is the biggest problem. So we need to stabilize the real estate market. This should be the basis of our policy. So, we came up with such a countermeasure in the 2.4 measure. But what happened is that there were some problems in the countermeasures. I think I need to take a look at the points that greatly reduce the likelihood of young people buying a house by tightening the loan regulation altogether. I think it is necessary to take care of the side effects, but going in a way that eases the taxation tax or significantly eases the ownership tax is a question that people who have multiple houses now might come up with it, but that kind of sign is,'Oh, in a little while, I will cut the tax again. I'll give it to you.” If you do this, you will not be able to stabilize the house price.
So, I seriously think that side effects should be reviewed, countermeasures, and supplemented, but we shouldn't talk about it in this way, and the alternative I'm suggesting is to create a comprehensive real estate countermeasure organization in which the party takes the initiative. So, let's fully discuss it in it. What means that the party takes the initiative is that local lawmakers hear the most when there are side effects in the field about these measures. When I go to town, I'm really scolded. Such public sentiment, you have to collect this well. So, it is the party where public sentiment gathers, and if you handle it incorrectly, you will fall next, and you must take full responsibility. The party is the most responsible. So from now on, such public sentiment. If there are side effects, I think that the party should fully examine and solve the problem even ways to resolve the side effects. I think it's wrong to do it that way, because talking like this with Junggu Heating can have a bad sign on the market.
▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: This is a related problem in their 20s and 30s. Since it is difficult to have a single real estate house with a salary, there are reports that people are enthusiastic about cryptocurrency. Chairman Eun Seong-soo even talked about the need to abolish the cryptocurrency exchange, but received a lot of criticism.
▶ Won-sik Woo/Democratic Party Member: That's not the case.
▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: What do you think about the cryptocurrency issue? There is also a story like this, let's postpone income tax.
▶ Wonsik Woo/Democratic Party Member: So, you don't see virtual currency as currency right now. It doesn't look like currency, but it's a bit of a problem to impose taxes on it. The problem is to clarify the rules for cryptocurrency. There is no regulation, and it should not be viewed as if it is illegal or wrong, and it is already in our society, and now it is very ambiguous with such a concept like any art object. As if not money is money. That's why I think it's right to design these and other systems after judging and defining'how to define virtual currency' for that matter.
▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: What do you think of the military writer's extra points? The constitution made a decision to be unconstitutional, but now it comes out again?
▶ Wonsik Woo/Democratic Party Member: If so, would it not be such a problem as a military writer, the conflict between men and women in their twenties now? So, I am asking how to view the military issue, but again, I oppose that the countermeasure itself is made into a factor of gender conflict. However, in the case of the young people who have been to the military, that is also to fulfill the duty of national defense. I think it is necessary to compensate for this. There is a law that I have already paid, the military service self-development method. So, there is a law that gives you the expenses necessary for self-development during the period of military service, and it is like a severance allowance, such as a severance pay when you are discharged from the hospital, while you can go out and adjust to society. You can raise your salary a little. In this way, what kind of compensation system of such a country that supports so that self-development will not be damaged or not able to do so while fulfilling the duty of national defense, and that allows us to come out and adapt to society, I think it is absolutely necessary. In that sense, I think it would be right to go in such a way that the state supports the military issue.
▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Will the relationship between the Party Hall change if Rep. Woo Won-sik becomes the Democratic Party's representative?
▶ Won-shik Woo/Democratic Party Member: I know it well because I was the representative of the hospital. The president is very honest. So, as you go through various things like this, always listen to how the party sees the problem and how the party judges it. When I was representing the president in the hospital, I did it myself and spoke several times, but accept what is reasonable there. From that point of view, the relationship between the Party Hall is not a big problem, but I think it is time to develop a relationship that has more leadership in the Party as well. I think the center of the party should be the party. Because, as I said before, the party is the place where people's minds gather. And in fact, over the same issue, what the bureaucrats look at and the party members look at it very differently. Now in that respect, I think it is time to become a party-government relationship where the party's initiative is more guaranteed.
▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: There is an evaluation that the Democratic Party is capable of expressing opinions of strong members freely within the Democratic Party after the re-election is over, but at the same time, the voices of strong members are too loud, so politicians do not take the lead in some kind of political activity. No, aren't you seeing their attention? This kind of self-reflection problem consciousness has been expressed, but now it has come in.
▶ Wonsik Woo/Democratic Party Member: I think that's the problem. Anyone can speak out. I also receive a lot from the so-called Kang Sung Party member, but I also receive a lot of text messages from people who have disagreements in policy. I do it by referring to those things. Eventually, the party should now focus on the public sentiment and act to converge on the public sentiment. In that respect, I think that I can send text messages sent by party members like that. It may be just the expressions you send, the way you express them, or something like this. You are swearing or overexpressing. I think this is my fault. That's why it can be used as a tool for people who want to divide the party. That's why anyone can send text messages and communicate through them. But the way of expression or that is the same in any case. I think it would be better to fix it for abusive language or such a way that this way of expression is excessive.
▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: What do you think of Rep. Hong Young-pyo and Song Young-gil, who are competing for the position of representative? And what is the reason that Rep. Won-sik Woo should be the representative of the ruling party rather than the two?
▶ Wonsik Woo/Democratic Party Member: Both of them are good people. During that time, we have been in politics for a long time, knowing each other well, having strengths, and in some ways there are also some lacking points. The same goes for me. But why do you need Woo Won-sik just now? Now, as I said, there is a lot of demand from the people to really change the lives of the people. Some time ago, when I saw what a public opinion polling agency did, I asked,'What should the Democratic Party change?' When I asked like this, it was very overwhelmingly high that'people's livelihood reform, please focus on this.' Likewise, the people are demanding that they focus on reforms that change people's lives. In that sense, I am both a field politician and a public welfare politician who have been active for a long time in the field and centering on the lives of the people. In that respect, it has a lot of strength. At this time, when we look at the people as a citizen, we ask for a change in the lives of the people, and if we look at our party, the demand for re-creation of the government. This is the path to regaining public sentiment and re-creation of the government by establishing the center of the government. And because I think this is the way to unify the conflicts and divisions within us, I think I'm the best at this time.
▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Okay. We spoke with Democratic Party member Won-sik Woo, who is challenging the Democratic Party's presidential election. I really listened to you today.
▶ Wonsik Woo/Democratic Party Member: Thank you.
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(SBS New Media Department)