Subsletter Evening (3/23): "Inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly"... A custom that has been passed down since Roh Tae-woo

News summary on the way home from work, Subsletter Evening.

“I recommended the front yard of the National Assembly building to the elected person, and I received my decision today,” said

Park Joo-seon, chairman of the inauguration ceremony preparation committee, and the custom of the 'National Assembly inauguration ceremony' has continued.

It has been since 1988 that the president took office at the Hall of Peoples and showed the people a fresh start.

However, it is the first time that an elected person with no experience as a member of the National Assembly is inaugurated in the National Assembly.     

"A new start in the Hall of Commons"

Park Joo-seon, chairman of the inauguration ceremony preparation committee, held a briefing and announced that the front yard of the National Assembly was decided as the inauguration ceremony venue.

Take a look at part of the presentation.

After systematically conducting a local feasibility study on the front yard of the National Assembly, Seoul Plaza, the National Museum of Korea, and Yongsan Citizen’s Park, and after reviewing the Corona 19 quarantine system and rainy weather (conditions), the front yard of the National Assembly was recommended to the elected candidate. I got a decision today.

The front yard of the National Assembly can accommodate up to 50,000 people.

It is a hall of public opinion and representative organization of the people, has a large capacity and is easily accessible.

Considering the fact that it can reduce inconvenience to the attendees and that it is recognized according to tradition and custom as the presidential inauguration ceremony.

The reason why it was chosen as the front yard of the National Assembly is that it has advantages such as ► Symbolism as a hall of public opinion ► It can accommodate up to 50,000 people ► Easy access ► It can be changed indoors in case of rain (main hall of the National Assembly).

Seoul Plaza and the National Museum of Korea open field, which were reviewed as candidate sites, are expected to cause inconvenience to citizens and difficulties in security and security. He said it was difficult to do.

There are other places that have been mentioned as candidates for the inauguration ceremony. The plan to hold the inauguration ceremony in Sejong City or Gwangju City for 'national harmony' was also discussed at one time, but it is said that it was excluded due to the issue of the president's movement after the inauguration ceremony.

Regarding the 'Inauguration Ceremony in front of the Blue House', Chairman Park Joo-sun said, "The Blue House was open to the public and used as a space for use by the public, so there was a discussion about how to hold the inauguration ceremony. In

this explanation

, Chairman Park answered, "Isn't it natural for the president's wife to attend?" to the question of whether or not Kim Kun-hee, the wife of President-elect Yoon, would attend the inauguration ceremony. That's what you confirmed.   

Who are the appointments for the inauguration ceremony preparation committee?

The appointment of a total of eight preparatory committee members, including Chairman Park Joo-sun, was also announced, and Daegu Catholic University President Woo Dong-ki was appointed as the vice-chairman.

Chairman Park explained the background for his selection by saying, "I was from Honam, so I considered the symbolic meaning of East-West harmony."

Also included was Lee Do-hoon, a special assistant to the elected secretary's office and a professor at Hongik University, who was appointed as the general director of the inauguration ceremony.

He is from Cheil Planning and is known as a performance planning expert who directed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

In addition, Lee Gak-beom, an emeritus professor at KAIST, who served as the chief policy planning officer of the Blue House under the Kim Young-sam government, was appointed as the chairman of the inaugural speech preparation committee, and Kim Su-min, a former member of the National Assembly in his 20s, served as the chair of the inauguration planning committee.

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The first president, former President Syngman Rhee (who served from 1948 to 1960), was inaugurated at the now-defunct Central Office, the former Government-General of Japan.

Since there was a Constituent Assembly Building in the Central Office, the inauguration ceremony was held at the National Assembly Building in today's terms.

After the collapse of the Syngman Rhee regime due to the 4.19 Revolution, former President Yun Bo-seon, who became the 4th president, held an inauguration ceremony at the Seoul City Council building, which was also the National Assembly at the time.

So, from the first to the fourth president, the inauguration ceremony was held at the National Assembly. 

Inauguration ceremonies were held in places other than the National Assembly, from former President Park Chung-hee to Chun Doo-hwan, mostly in the gymnasium.

Former President Park Chung-hee was the 5th to 9th president, and the inauguration ceremonies were held at the Central Office, which was used as the administrative building for the 7th generation, and the inauguration of the 8th and 9th presidents at Jangchung Gymnasium.

The era of 'gym election, gymnasium inauguration' has begun.

The 11th president, Chun Doo-hwan (who served from 1980 to 1988) held an inauguration ceremony at the newly built Jamsil Indoor Stadium.  

The inauguration ceremony returned to the National Assembly since 1988, when the 13th President Roh Tae-woo's inauguration ceremony was held.

Since then, the inauguration ceremony of the National Assembly has become a custom.

The presidents who have been inaugurated in the National Assembly have in common that they are members of the National Assembly. 

Where is the inauguration of the president of the United States?

George Washington, the first president of the United States, took office in New York, and the second and third presidents in Philadelphia, because each city was the capital at the time.

Since the capital was moved to Washington DC, the inauguration of the 4th President Madison has been held at the Capitol.

There are a few exceptions, but inauguration ceremonies have been held in hotels or at the home of the elected president.

Among the exceptional cases, the inauguration ceremony that remains in the memory of Americans seems to be the inauguration of the 36th President Johnson. 

As soon as President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, Vice President Johnson, who was the number one successor in the case of President Kennedy's absence, was transferred to Air Force One. did

This is an unprecedented in-flight inauguration ceremony in U.S. history.      

a piece of the day

This is the square in front of the European Union (EU) headquarters building in Brussels, Belgium, where members of Avaaz, an international civic group, use candles and lamps to create a huge symbol of peace.

Avaaz is urging Europe to stop importing Russian oil to end the war in Ukraine ahead of a meeting between US President Biden and EU leaders.