Lawmakers must vow to relinquish all of the 186 benefits so that there are no political aspirants like Chung who has eyes on the perks rather than the responsibilities.
Politicians fight in the derogatory language of hate without any time-off period in their ring.
Such a shift cannot help incumbent lawmakers devote themselves to their original constituencies.
The same must apply to politicians. Thankfully, the election is arriving in April. It’s payback time.
Voters are angry that lawmakers from both sides of the aisle agreed to raise their annual pay by 1.7 percent to 157 million won ($118,045) from this year even though the public is struggling to survive.
In Korea, it is common for many lawmakers and officials who resign from their positions to run for the National Assembly to organize book publishing events as a means of political fundraising.
The DP leader agonizes over a increasing departure of lawmakers to take a different path.
If they are really new blood, the first-term lawmakers of the two parties today must follow their footsteps instead of taking opportunistic actions.
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