In the first national agenda of the Lee Jae-myung administration, the reorganization plan for key government departments was omitted. Issues that had attracted attention, such as the separation of the budget functions of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the dissolution of the Financial Services Commission, and the establishment of a climate and energy ministry, have been put on hold. This seems to be a decision taken after considering the differing opinions within the ruling party and the many pressing issues, including responses to tariffs from the United States.
However, some reorganization details, such as the establishment of a national future strategy committee directly under the president and the expansion and reorganization of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family into a Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, were included in the national agenda.
The Presidential Committee on Policy Planning did not announce the reorganization plan for key departments at a public briefing held on the 13th to inform the public about the 123 national agendas. The intention is to handle the reorganization plan and national agenda separately.
The Presidential Committee on Policy Planning has been considering plans to separate the Ministry of Economy and Finance into a Ministry of Finance and a Ministry of Planning and Budget, as well as transferring domestic financial policy from the Financial Services Commission to the Ministry of Economy and Finance and combining the supervisory functions with the Financial Supervisory Service to create a Financial Supervisory Commission.
It was also considered to transfer the Energy Policy Division of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy to the Ministry of Environment, expanding it into a 'Climate Environment and Energy Ministry,' or to establish a 'Ministry of Climate and Energy' by merging the Energy Policy Division of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy with the Climate and Carbon Division of the Ministry of Environment.
However, it appears that the announcement was postponed due to resistance within the relevant ministries surrounding the reorganization and the burden of many pressing matters, including responses to tariffs from the United States and the U.S.-Korea summit. There have also been reports that differing opinions regarding the reorganization of some ministries remain within the ruling party.
Instead, the Presidential Committee on Policy Planning announced the national agenda on the same day, stating that it would establish a national future strategy committee under the president.
The national future strategy committee will serve as the control tower for the future strategy of the Lee Jae-myung administration, which advocates a 'people's sovereignty government,' providing long-term policy direction and overseeing and managing national agendas. Its purpose is to proactively respond to rapidly changing domestic and international conditions and to complement the segmented management system of national agendas by department.
Until now, the management of national agendas has been shared between the Presidential Office and the Office for Government Policy Coordination, but there have been limitations in discovering tasks that respond to changes in future environments due to a focus on current issues.
In this regard, the national future strategy committee will be responsible for discovering long-term agendas, while the policy office of the Presidential Office and the evaluation office of the Office for Government Policy Coordination will establish a cross-departmental collaboration system for managing national agendas.
Yoon Chang-ryul, Minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, explained, 'The national future strategy committee will discover future strategic agendas and be responsible for additional adjustments to national agendas,' stating that 'the Presidential Office will comprehensively oversee the national agendas, while the Office for Government Policy Coordination will check, manage, and evaluate the national agendas.'
The national committee also announced plans to expand the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family into a Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and to strengthen the response system against digital sexual crimes and dating violence to realize a safe and gender-equal society.