[사설]Integration and the future are the spirit of the new government

The 20th presidential election has come to an end. With the vote counting rate exceeding 93% early this morning, People’s Power candidate Yoon Seok-yeol is ahead of Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung by less than 1 percentage point. If this trend continues, Yoon is likely to be elected with the smallest margin of votes in history. It was clearly confirmed by the vote percentages of the two candidates that the public opinion in the presidential election was divided.

The result was somewhat expected. During the presidential election, public opinion on regime change and public opinion on government re-creation clashed head-on. Various allegations were poured out in which powerful candidates from the opposition parties were directly involved, such as the Daejangdong controversy and spouse risk. The polarization of public sentiment was caused by the entanglement of confirmation bias toward the candidate to support and the psychology of hatred and hatred toward the opponent. The variable of unification of opposition candidates has also been realized. These are the reasons why people’s sentiments fluctuated until the very end of the election.

It is significant that the Korean people showed off the presence of a sovereign with a voter turnout of over 77% despite the harsh criticism of the unprecedentedly unfavorable presidential election and the crisis of the COVID-19 outbreak. As a result, we have a new leader who will be responsible for the next five years. But we can’t help but worry about the aftermath of the election. Reactions to the final result are markedly mixed. The president-elect should start by showing inclusive steps to heal the broken hearts of the people.

The grim reality we face cannot even afford to offer a toast to the winner. The international security order is rapidly reorganizing from the post-Cold War to a new Cold War. The challenge of China and Russia to the collapse of US hegemony is beyond imagination and unpredictable. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is taking steps to resume nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests to fill this gap. On the other hand, ominous signals are accumulating that the ROK-U.S. alliance may become a ‘husk alliance’. If you only cry for peace, you may be left behind by yourself. The new government must rework its sophisticated security strategy to counter the order of power.

The global economic order has long been engulfed in a battle for survival. Countries are engaged in a war of technology, a war to secure a supply chain, at the risk of death. It is the jungle itself of the weak and strong food. Although it is the world’s 10th largest economy, it could be pushed out in the blink of an eye. The future depends on how to effectively and intensively use limited resources and capabilities such as digital transformation and carbon neutrality by penetrating the flow of the global economy as well as responding to the coronavirus. This is a time when the new president’s insight and insight are desperately needed.

All of this ultimately boils down to a matter of politics. At the apex is the President. The current administration interpreted the candlelight popular sentiment from the narrow perspective of the camp. They projected their ideology to be right in various policies such as real estate and nuclear power plants. The big bowl called the country was cracked with gold. The key is to bring together the divided national theories. arrogance is forbidden Tangpyeong and Hyeopchi can create tremendous national energy. From the appointment of the prime minister, the formation of the cabinet, and the establishment of priorities for government affairs, the elected president must show that he actively respects the opinions of the opposition parties.

The position of the most powerful is loneliness. Surrounded by powerful aides who dig into that psychological gap, it is an instantaneous thing that the passage is blocked. Like Odysseus in Greek mythology, who tied himself to a pole in order not to fall for the temptation of the siren, he should aim only for the strategic interest of the nation. Of course, you should always have staff around you who can tell you things you don’t want to hear. Opposition lawmakers or members of the opposite party should be able to meet casually, listen to a variety of raw voices, and reflect them in state affairs.

Demands for the new government will pour in from every sector and interest group. It was an election that caused major conflicts between classes, ideological conflicts, regional conflicts, generational conflicts, and even gender conflicts. The new government must start restructuring the industrial structure to respond to the era of the 4th industrial revolution and solve the youth job problem. The real estate market must be stabilized and the local economy must be revitalized. There are many difficulties that cannot be enumerated one by one. There is a lot of work to be done, and time and resources are scarce. Using the failures of the previous administrations as a teacher of contrast, sometimes you have to change your beliefs and if the key election promises are not fulfilled, you should be able to boldly fold them.

There is no goblin bat that will satisfy everyone. All that matters is choice and concentration, strategic priorities, and persuasion of the people. When a national leader sets a one-sided and biased standard of right and wrong and conducts state affairs such as “follow me,” it is a path to follow the same path as previous presidents. The Blue House, the National Assembly, the cabinet, and front-line officials should establish a ‘system of government’ in which they discuss and implement state affairs in accordance with laws and procedures at their respective locations.

Impeachment, corruption, camp, and political retaliation are now old-fashioned languages. The people want a president who puts the national interest first, not a president confined to a specific ideology and camp, who can leave some great achievements for the younger generation, such as pension reform, even if it faces resistance from interest groups or supporters right now. want. When the new leader shows sincerity toward unity and the future without taking the power of the ‘king’ for a moment, more than half of the people who did not support him will gradually begin to open their hearts.

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