Is it really for preventing lame duck… Transformation of “President Undecided” Wen

A small change is felt in the Moon Jae-in administration’s 5th year in power. Until now, policy goals such as reform have been set forth and shouted’rushing’ frequently. However, the recent move of President Moon to focus on managing and correcting conflicts stands out. There is even an evaluation that the aggressive tone peculiar to a lawyer has changed smoothly.

The conflict between Miae Chu and Seokyeol Yoon is representative. President Moon publicly apologized four times.
The level of remarks also increased, saying, “I am very sorry as the President,” “I am very sorry to the people,” and “I apologize as a person with a right to human resources.” At the New Year’s conference on the 18th, in particular, “Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, in a word, said, “I don’t think he is playing the role of president with the intention of politics.” Since then, the passport’s’beating Yun Seok-yeol’ has subsided, and, paradoxically, the presidential election approval rate of President Yoon as a’potential opposition candidate’ declined.

The same goes for real estate policy. President Moon suggested to change the policy direction of the past, which was a change of regulation, saying, “We will prepare special measures for the supply of real estate.”

President Moon also silenced the amnesty of the former president, who shook politics from the beginning of the new year.
The opposition was conscious of the overwhelming public opinion, but anyway, the controversy was ended with’premature theory’.

As the conflict between the passport and the Ministry of Registration over the introduction of the Corona Loss Compensation System emerged, President Moon proposed an adjustment plan to “consider ways to institutionalize compensation for losses within a certain extent that the finances can afford”.

It is different from the past when criticized by the opposition party as “a president who is undecided and procrastinating”.

Why did President Moon change like this? In the political world, the analysis of “the influence of the post-political stance that President Moon decided” comes first.

An official at the Blue House said, “It is difficult to agree 100% on the term “depolitics because all the actions of the President are politics”. He said, “I have been thinking about this the most.” It is explained that there is a willingness to improve the structure that cannot produce policy results due to the structure of political conflict.

President Moon’s change is sometimes interpreted as’preventing lame duck (power leakage at the end of the term)’.

The lame duck of successive presidents was also affected by the relationship with the next runners.

Bae Jong-chan, director of Insight K, said, “In a situation where there is no clear runner in the ruling party (with absolute support from the mainstream), President Moon has a stronger role in clearing the situation.” Because it is secured, there is a possibility that passport runners will have to watch for a considerable period of time to take over President Moon’s supporters.”

This means that President Moon’s initiative in solving conflicts or problems can have a positive effect on preventing lame ducks, whether he intended or not.

Diplomats view it as “preliminary work to produce outcomes related to resolving Korean peninsula problems during the term.”

With the inauguration of the Biden US administration, the diplomatic environment on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia has changed significantly.
It is also the time ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in late July, which President Moon and his passport regard as a “definitive opportunity to improve inter-Korean relations between North Korea and the United States.” President Moon, who has to go all-in on the progress of North Korea-US relations and improvement of inter-Korean relations, needed to reduce energy consumption due to domestic conflicts, and this idea is reflected in recent actions. There is also a view that interprets President Moon’s recent aggressiveness in improving Korea-Japan relations in a similar context.

Professor Won-deok Lee of Kookmin University said, “Improving the relationship between Korea and Japan is a matter that the Biden government strongly demands from both countries.” It seems that the will is contained (in recent changes in attitude).”

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