Yoon Seok-yeol ‘Eliminate anti-states through free unification’ Cho Tae-yeol ‘Contact North Korea if Trump is elected’
President Yoon Seok-yeol said ‘Eliminate anti-states through free unification’, saying that North Korean territory is the Republic of Korea, and Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yeol expressed his ‘support for the Republican Party’ position by saying ‘Contact North Korea if Trump is elected.’
At the Democratic Peace Unification Advisory Council Overseas Advisory Committee meeting, President Yoon declared on the 10th, “You and I must join forces to expand the freedom and prosperity we enjoy now to North Korea as soon as possible,” and “I will devote all my efforts to bring forward a free unified Republic of Korea.”
In his response to the National Assembly that day, Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yeol indirectly expressed his ‘support for Trump’ by saying, “If candidate Donald Trump is elected, I will try to talk to North Korea in some form,”
In his speech, President Yoon said, “Please protect the future of our country with the power of freedom against the anti-Republic of Korea forces in our society who sympathize with North Korea’s propaganda,” and “When our belief in the liberal democratic system is firm, the message of free unification to the North Korean people can spread louder and more powerfully.” Regarding the opponents of liberal democratic unification, he mentioned ‘anti-Republic of Korea’ and ‘elimination through international solidarity.’
President Yoon continued, “The promotion of peaceful unification based on liberal democracy is a sacred duty commanded to the president and the people by the Constitution of the Republic of Korea,” and “We must protect the future of our country with the power of freedom against the ‘anti-Republic of Korea’ forces in our society who sympathize with North Korea’s propaganda.”
Article 4 of the Constitution states, “Establish and promote a peaceful unification policy based on the basic order of liberal democracy,” which is very different from President Yoon’s statement that “the promotion of peaceful unification based on liberal democracy is a sacred duty commanded to the President and the people by the Constitution of the Republic of Korea.” Seems to be a violation of the Constitution.
Regarding ‘free unification,’ President Yoon said, “Unification for us means expanding the universal human values of freedom, human rights, and the rule of law to the land of the North,” and “The more the North Korean regime denies the people and unification, the more we must solidify the value of freedom. We will further spur domestic and international efforts to improve human rights in North Korea. “We will spare no effort in instilling the spirit of freedom and human rights in North Korean compatriots so that they can aspire for free unification,” he said, announcing the ‘policy of strengthening freedom instillation in North Korean residents.’
Former President Trump attempted to hold a North Korea-US summit as a CIA project immediately after his election in 2017, and attempted to present a blueprint for a ‘bright future for North Korean residents’ on CD to Chairman Kim Jong-un at the Hanoi summit in 2019, which ultimately failed, but the summit failed and his re-election attempt was frustrated.
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