Kwon Seong-dong, acting representative of People's Power and floor leader, said that the new direction of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration is "only the livelihood of the people."
Acting Kwon said in a speech by the representative of a negotiating group at the National Assembly on the morning of the 21st, "Politics has hampered the economy throughout the five years of the Moon Jae-in administration." criticized.
Acting Kwon promised to freeze road, transportation, and postal rates until the end of this year to revitalize people's livelihoods, minimize increases in electricity and gas rates, and extend fuel tax cuts until the end of the year.
In the real estate policy, the private sector led the supply of more than 2.5 million units, the Special Act on the 1st New City, and the relief of the tax burden on the beneficial owners of 1 house per household.
He also emphasized the pension, labor and education reforms that President Yoon Seok-yeol announced in his first address to the National Assembly in May.
Regarding pension reform, he said in particular, "We need a 'great social compromise' that goes beyond the cooperation between the ruling and opposition parties.
Acting Kwon said, "The administration cannot unilaterally promote pension reform because it must be accompanied by law revision."
When it comes to labor reform, he pointed to a 52-hour work week.
Acting Kwon mentioned new industries such as information technology and software, "
He also emphasized that, referring to the strike of the labor union of subcontractors of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, "above all, the illegal acts of the strong union should be severely punished."
Regarding education reform, he said, "It is a long-standing problem that our society has not solved," and suggested expanding the number of high-tech fields such as semiconductors and reorganizing education subsidies.
In addition, citing the issue of the direct system of superintendents, he said, "There are many cases where the candidates do not know who the candidates are."
Acting Kwon emphasized regulatory reform, saying, "If the Moon Jae-in administration's economic policy was 'government-led,' the Yoon Seok-yeol administration was 'private-led'.
To this end, he announced that he would simplify the corporate tax table, cut the maximum tax rate to 22%, convert the inheritance tax to 'inheritance acquisition taxation', raise the deduction limit, and introduce a unit price indexation system.
The word that appeared the most in Acting Kwon's speech today was 'people', which appeared 34 times, followed by 'regulation' with 24 and 'economy' with 21 times.
'Moon Jae-in' was also mentioned 16 times.
(Photo = National Assembly Photo Reporters, Yonhap News)