The two by-elections in South Jeolla are being disproportionately heated with mud slinging and populist promises as election day approaches fast.
Since the government and the PPP are already unpopular, it would be better for them to care for the country’s future even at the risk of losing favor with the public.
We must establish an evaluation system of checking how many past campaign promises were kept and using that record as a guidance for voting in upcoming elections so that politicians’ recklessness and unreliability can lessen every campaign season.
Both the majority Democratic Party and the governing People Power Party are busy presenting one populist campaign promise after another to attract more votes.
We wonder how the government and the PPP could achieve the fiscal integrity the president repeatedly pledged to prop up.
Vote-buying populism deepens social confusion and economic losses.
The public has already learned that state-led price control does more harm than good.
The fiasco of the 2023 World Scout Jamboree at Saemangeum exposed many challenges for the country from complacent management and poor preparations.
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