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Uri Party chairman Chung Dong-young and Grand National Party chairwoman Park Geun-hye held talks Monday morning in the National Assembly and announced a pact between the ruling and opposition party heads to work for the development of "news politics and economic development."
The announcement of the pact, in which the two party heads vowed to liquidate the politics of old and do their best to rescue the economy on which the lives of the people are dependent, is the first and attention is now focusing on whether the "politics of co-existence" can be realized in the 17th National Assembly.
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Lawmakers Chung Dong-young and Park Geun-hye hold a meeting between the heads of the ruling party and the opposition party at the National Assembly, Monday.
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In their agreement, the two said, "We pledge to do our best to turn the 17th National Assembly into one that works for the livelihood of the people and economic revival, and we agreed to lead economic reforms for the age in which our GDP per capita will be US$20,000... We promise to completely eradicate from Korean history the confrontational and tension-filled politics of old from this very moment today and move forward in preparing the basic framework for the politics of co-existence and harmony."
The two also agreed on three principles -- to put priority on the livelihood of the people and economy, to completely cut ones ties with corrupt politics and to conduct the National Assembly based on the principle of embodying parliamentarism. They also established five core national projects and agreed to form concrete bodies to push those projects.
Concerning the economical revival, Chung and Park agreed to form a parliamentary committee to study regulation reform in order to create a better business environment, have the National Assembly take the lead in activating investment and to create a special committee to study ways to create jobs. They also agreed to actively press for the enactment of a bill that would help traditional markets.
In order to separate politics and economics and end corrupt politics, they agreed to perfect legal and structural mechanisms to improve the transparency of corporate accounting. Meanwhile, they also agreed to establish an ethics committee within the legislature in which outsiders will participate and another committee, composed completely of outsiders, to study ways to redefine electoral districts.
The two agreed that if the later committee is able to finish redefining electoral districts two years before the elections for the 18th National Assembly, the two party heads would unconditional accept the changes.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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