I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 161



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (161)

“Prime Minister, what is our schedule going forward?”

“What does the schedule mean? We’re going to win this election too. There’s no need to worry.”

This is Gyeongseong,

Prime Minister Park Chung-hee continued his meeting with his close associates.

With the general election just two months away, the People’s Republican Party of Korea has yet to make a concrete campaign plan.

Currently, Korea is under the sole control of the Korean People’s Republican Party, so there is no need to beg the people for votes.

Who else but the People’s Republican Party of Korea will rule this country?

The fun of an election is when politicians present their pledges to the people and receive their votes, but in the current Korean election system, this process is omitted.

The people just need to vote because the politicians will do the right thing. Has Korea ever pursued reforms from the bottom up?

The mindset of current politicians is that the country has come this far because the people above took care of things, and that the people just need to keep voting hard in the future.

Even so, in a democratic system, shouldn’t you make a promise to the people about how you will lead the country?

But that promise was not disclosed to the public.

⁕ Republic Constitution Amendment Plan

1. Delete the provision in Article 37, Paragraph 2 of the current Constitution, “The State shall not infringe upon the essential aspects of the freedom and rights of the people.”

2. Add to the Constitution the provision that the basic rights of the people can be restricted for the benefit of the nation. Also, drastically limit the subject and scope of the three labor rights.

3. Shorten the session period from 3 months to 6 months.

4. The head of state may appoint or dismiss all judges, including the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

5. Establish a Constitutional Committee and grant it the power to review unconstitutionality of laws, dissolve unconstitutional political parties, and adjudicate the Constitution.

It’s a promise in name only, but in reality it’s a declaration.

Prime Minister Park Chung-hee established a legal basis for the state to suppress the basic rights of its citizens.

This was possible because 100,000 workers of Daehan Transportation plotted a rebellion against the government and the company.

The government and companies are doing their best to maintain manufacturing competitiveness, so why are individual workers leading the way to raise wages and strikes?

Workers who do not know anything and only seek their own benefit,

If you give people freedom just because they are citizens, at some point, gangsters will form factions and try to intimidate the government.

So, in the future, we plan to restrict the establishment of political parties at will.

Doesn’t the failure to establish a political party mean that the People’s Republican Party of Korea will be legally established as a monopoly?

Here, the vested interests have even shortened the National Assembly session.

A session is a procedure to check whether the national budget is being executed properly, but if it is held too often, only the administrative officials will get tired.

Korea has done well so far, but does it really deserve this kind of gratitude?

The state audit, which used to be conducted every three months, is now conducted only twice a year.

But this is just the beginning, as it has destroyed the system of separation of powers and given the power to appoint the Chief Justice to the head of state.

In addition, the Constitutional Law Commission was established to allow for amendments to the Constitution at any time if the president did not like it, effectively handing over the Korean judicial system to the head of state.

Even if the content is like that, shouldn’t a democratic country announce this to its citizens?

But the People’s Republican Party of Korea also rejected such procedures.

“We are not going to beg the people for their votes anymore. We are not going to elect them? Then let the people do it themselves.”

“The people are like children, so if you tell them that you will make their lives better, they will be happy. If you tell them that you will open up the national treasury and give them something, they will just vote. What kind of owners of a country are these people? They are just children who are begging their parents to buy them something.”

Are the people prepared to tighten their belts even when the country is in trouble?

The United States recently spent 25% of its GDP on welfare, followed by Japan at 15.7%.

Why did advanced countries suddenly increase fiscal spending?

The reason is because of the chaos that occurred in the Middle East.

Recently, Shah Pahlavi II of Iran committed a major crime by supporting Israel and attacking Palestine.

The plan to support Israel, a pro-Western country, to drive out Islamic countries and transform the Middle East into capitalism, but this brought about a huge backlash.

“Let’s drive out Pahlavi II!!”

“A tyrant who is corrupted by capitalism and destroys the values ​​of Islam!!”

Not only Palestine, but even Islamic hardliners who had been oppressed by the hard-line policies of Shah Pahlavi II rose up.

Up until this point, it was an unmanageable chaos party.

But recently, a rebellion broke out in Iraq as well.

The entire Middle East was engulfed in war, and the world was shaken by the skyrocketing oil prices.

While the United States and Japan are increasing government spending to stimulate their economies, South Korea has also stimulated its economy by releasing money equivalent to 10% of its GDP.

“Why don’t you just spend your money on that?!!”

“Japan also released 16%, isn’t that too little?!!”

“Then pay more taxes!! People who don’t pay taxes are demanding a lot!!”

Here the patience of politicians exploded.

Currently, Korea is a country that does not collect property tax, inheritance tax, or value added tax, so naturally, government revenue depends on corporate tax paid by companies.

In addition, the government is strapped for cash after recently spending $600 million on welfare and healthcare, and cannot afford to spend more money even if it wants to.

“In the past few years, Korea has spent more than 50% of its GDP and there is no room for more. I ask for your understanding.”

The government made a polite request, but the people did not listen.

The mindset that we should collect taxes from the rich and give it to them, but those rich people are already paying enough taxes.

Last year, Daehan Transportation paid 920 billion won in taxes.

A single company accounted for 37% of the country’s total income.

But you want to take more and give it to the common people? How can you say that when you don’t pay a single penny in taxes?

In short, how much tax does each Korean citizen pay to the country?

A government survey conducted recently found that 36% of people with earned income do not pay taxes, which is more than six times the number in the UK.

Are people who don’t pay taxes entitled to force the government to spend?

The government has already spent $600 million on welfare benefits for the people, but the people say it is not enough.

How long will we have to tolerate such complaints? Will politicians continue to beg for votes by handing out welfare and promises as candy to the people?

Frankly, promises that cannot be kept,

However, when you see politicians spouting out nonsense to get votes, elections are nothing more than a comedy.

The Korean government has already spent enough and it is impossible to stimulate the economy any further, so the Korean People’s Republican Party has decided not to beg the people for votes.

‘Are the people starving right now? No, right? What on earth are they complaining about?’

Park Jeong-ui had no intention of begging for votes and support any longer.

During the Japanese colonial period, people had nothing to eat, so they even boiled and ate the dregs (the residue left after grinding and sifting grains).

But what about modern Korea?

Everyone wants to eat and live, but they also want to reduce their working hours and receive various welfare benefits because they want to live like human beings.

The people who ask for three when given one, and five when given three.

In a country like this, if the government wants to make policies, the people also have to pay taxes.

But the people reject it, and demand that the rich be framed as nobles and taxes be collected from there.

Then which company would do business in Korea?

The people are under a great misconception, and Park Chung-hee is pushing for a constitutional amendment, saying that he will use this opportunity to correct the bad habits of those who only ask for candy.

***

“Prime Minister, aren’t you going to campaign?”

“Yes, Marshal, the party has already decided on that opinion.”

“Will the people vote for you if you don’t even campaign?”

“The time for begging the people for their votes is over. We have proven it over the past 20 years, what more do we need to prove?”

This is Changgyeonggung Palace,

I saw my uncle face to face for the first time in a long time.

With the general elections just two months away, does the People’s Republican Party of Korea, which has not even drawn up a concrete election plan, have confidence that it can win this general election as well?

So I asked a question and harsh words came out of my uncle’s mouth.

Even if they say they won’t beg the people for votes anymore, isn’t this just going too far?

For now, we continued the conversation.

“It’s certainly hard to beg the people for their votes every time there’s an election. But don’t you think we have to do what we have to do?”

“Your Majesty, don’t you know what the people are demanding right now? Even though we’ve spent 10% of our GDP, they’re still whining that we’re worse off than Japan. How long are we going to have to accept that?”

“Then why don’t you just announce what efforts the Korean People’s Republican Party has made so far? If you omit all that, you’ll really get criticized. Why don’t you just pressure your subordinates to do it?”

I’m not analyzing the data myself, and aren’t there administrative officials stationed in each department?

All they have to do is instruct the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs to extract the data and announce that Korea has invested so much so far and has no money. That’s it.

But if the people do not support the Korean People’s Republican Party, then what can we do? Who can’t create a feast of debt to provide welfare and stimulate the economy?

I want to do that too, but Korea is not at that level yet.

If the people are not convinced after hearing all this, then we can just hand over power to the opposition party.

The people of Korea need to experience another world once to understand how the People’s Republic of Korea Party has managed to survive so far. If you think about it, the people of Korea have lived too comfortably up until now.

How convenient it was when wages were raised and welfare policies were implemented from above.

So, isn’t it because they were indifferent to politics and believed that the government would continue to give out money and that kind of thing, but since that’s not happening, aren’t they rebelling?

Then, this is a good opportunity to change the government.

Anyway, Korea has a cabinet system, so if the prime minister makes a mistake, he can be overthrown immediately.

You can change it at any time, so why are you afraid of a change of government?

I asked my uncle to do it the right way.

“Don’t amend the Constitution until you win the general election. It’s impossible to continue on like this.”

“…All right.”

My uncle did as I instructed.

By mobilizing administrative officials to compile detailed statistics, he proved that the Korean government has spent more than 50% of its GDP so far.

The US is about 25%,

Can’t you see how much Korea has spent so far? But people who only see what they want to see and believe what they want to believe have denied this.

A democratic society is one that respects such opinions. What can you do if you don’t trust it?

Korea is a democratic society, and no matter what choice is made, the people are responsible for the consequences, so we no longer interfere.

The general election held in that way,

The People’s Republican Party of Korea only won 99 of the 200 seats.

The Iranian oil price shock and economic downturn have led to public distrust of the Korean People’s Republican Party.

Meanwhile, the opposition party entered the National Assembly by winning 101 seats.

‘You guys, try to get along well among yourselves.’

‘We can’t cooperate with you.’

The People’s Republican Party of Korea has consistently been uncooperative in forming a cabinet.

What kind of cooperation are you having with the opposition party that just wants to give candy to the people?

Besides, what they are talking about is just benchmarking the policies that the Korean People’s Republican Party has been pursuing so far.

If the opposition party succeeds like this, they will just end up eating up all the policies and achievements that the People’s Republican Party of Korea has been promoting.

Everyone declared a strike because they didn’t want to see that kind of sight. Of course, the Korean People’s Republican Party had some faith in it.

Because if the National Assembly fails to form a government, the head of state can dissolve the National Assembly and directly appoint a prime minister.

The opposition party was thrown into chaos when the People’s Republican Party of Korea became uncooperative.