President Lee Jae-Myung is pushing for constitutional reforms to “ensure that [Korea’s] hard-won democracy, safeguarded through the blood and sweat of the people, will never be trampled on again.” Lee emphasized his focus on preventing a repeat of the political crisis sparked by former President Yoon Suk-yeol’s abrupt declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, 2024, explaining that “measures to tighten the requirements for the declaration of martial law and to explicitly enshrine the spirit of the May 18 Democratization Movement” would be included in the revised Constitution.
Lee also argued that military reform must take place “to prevent the military from threatening the constitutional order and to proactively prepare for modern and future warfare.”
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(1) Constitutional amendment: President Lee Jae-Myung expressed that too much power is concentrated in presidency in 1987 constitution and call for decentralization of power.
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President Lee Jae-Myung is pushing for constitutional reforms to “ensure that [Korea’s] hard-won democracy, safeguarded through the blood and sweat of the people, will never be trampled on again.” Lee emphasized his focus on preventing a repeat of the political crisis sparked by former President Yoon Suk-yeol’s abrupt declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, 2024, explaining that “measures to tighten the requirements for the declaration of martial law and to explicitly enshrine the spirit of the May 18 Democratization Movement” would be included in the revised Constitution.
Lee also argued that military reform must take place “to prevent the military from threatening the constitutional order and to proactively prepare for modern and future warfare.”
2. How is this related to sub
(1) Constitutional amendment: President Lee Jae-Myung expressed that too much power is concentrated in presidency in 1987 constitution and call for decentralization of power.