The People Power Party and the New Future Democratic Party have officially agreed to promote a joint government with the 'seven major national agendas' if they win the presidential election.
Kim Yong-tae, the emergency committee chair of the People Power Party, and Jeon Byung-heon, leader of the New Future Democratic Party, held a signing ceremony for the 'National Unity Joint Government's Seven Major National Agendas Promotion' at the campaign rally in Cheongpyeong Clock Tower Square, Gapyeong County, Gyeonggi Province, that morning.
The agreement includes seven major national agendas: ▲ transition to the 7th Republic with a constitutional amendment ensuring advanced levels of leisure and rest ▲ strategizing digital AI advanced technologies for future industries ▲ national interest-based diplomacy and Korean Peninsula peace strategy ▲ constructing a welfare state with national responsibility across the life cycle ▲ restructuring energy governance for climate crisis response ▲ creating a mutually prosperous economic ecosystem.
Previously, on the 28th, the two parties had also officially agreed on the need for "crisis resolution, political reform, and social integration" and to promote the formation of a national unity joint government and constitutional revision for the 7th Republic. Lee Nak-yon, a senior advisor of the New Future Democratic Party and former leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, declared support for the People Power Party's presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo on the 27th, describing Kim as "the most suitable candidate to prevent the emergence of a monstrous dictatorship," and participated in Kim's final TV campaign speech.
At the campaign rally, the former leader repeatedly appealed for support for candidate Kim.
He emphasized that he was the one who created the name of the Democratic Party of Korea, saying, "The Democratic Party is my root."
He continued, "(Supporting Kim) was a tearful decision," and suggested, "Kim Dae-jung and Kim Young-sam have protected the diversity of democracy. However, the current single Lee Jae-myung system has turned the Democratic Party into what is almost a Kim Jong-un-style dictatorship. The Democratic spirit has vanished, and the party of cooperation and compromise has disappeared."
He further declared, "Thirty years ago, Kim Moon-soo was picked and brought in by Kim Young-sam, and Lee Nak-yon was chosen by Kim Dae-jung in Jeollanam-do, and now they have joined hands. In 1987, the two Kims failed to unify, which prolonged military dictatorship, but this time, the descendants of the two Kims have firmly joined hands, determined to block reckless dictatorship, unethical dictatorship, and undemocratic dictatorship."
The former leader also emphasized Kim's morality, stating, "I didn't know Kim Moon-soo well. However, through deliberation, I discovered Kim Moon-soo as a human being in a new way," and added, "In contrast, Lee Jae-myung reportedly always advised Mayor Park Won-soon, 'Do just a little bit of the mayor's work and do a lot of publicity.' I heard this from Mayor Park himself."
He appealed earnestly, saying, "I implore that you let Lee Nak-yon and Jeon Byung-heon find the worth of putting their political lives on the line to join Kim Moon-soo," repeatedly seeking support for candidate Kim.