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The presidential office asserted that democracy in South Korea prior to the liberal Kim Dae-jung administration was more form over function.
On local radio programs on Wednesday, senior presidential secretary for public communication Park Soo-hyun said pre-Kim Dae-jung governments could not claim to the international community that the nation substantively was an advanced democracy.
This statement comes after President Moon Jae-in called the Kim administration the nation’s first democratic government during a speech commemorating the March First Independence Movement Day on Tuesday.
The main opposition People Power Party(PPP) questioned the intention behind neglecting to mention the conservative Kim Young-sam administration, which is considered to have promoted civil liberty and democracy through reforms. In response to the omission, the PPP accused Moon of attempting to divide the nation.
Pres. Office: Democracy Prior to Kim Dae-jung Gov’t More Form than Function
Source: Matira Matibay
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