I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 307



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (307)

[Japanese political party grants are legally recognized.]

[Multiplying the number of voters by 250 yen, the political party subsidy will likely be around 12 billion yen]

This is Japan, and one article has become the subject of public opinion.

Japan, which was recently embroiled in a controversy over corruption among its members of the National Assembly,

It was confirmed that an unlisted company distributed stocks to 86 members of the National Assembly, and when the company was listed, the members of the National Assembly pocketed the difference of approximately 700 million yen.

The problem is that this is not all,

Due to the uniquely closed nature of the Japanese Diet, even when political parties hold meetings, only certain celebrities and businesspeople can attend.

It was confirmed that they paid participation fees of approximately 300,000 yen per person, and the amount of money collected by the members of the National Assembly in this way is over 300 million yen.

Do you think that people who openly accept bribes like this will do politics for the people?

That’s why there was talk of supporting political parties with national taxes.

“Wait a minute, political subsidies? Are these guys now trying to blatantly take advantage of the people?”

“Just take corporate sponsorships like you used to and don’t touch the taxes.”

The Japanese public opinion put a sudden brake on this trend.

Is it only a matter of time before politicians start taking bribes?

Then, instead of living like that, they are now saying that they will live off of taxes under the pretext of eradicating corruption, and there has been a lot of criticism that it is too shameless.

In fact, public opinion is that Japan’s political party subsidies are excessively set. How much money is 12 billion yen?

In Japan, a McDonald’s hamburger costs about 150 yen, and the monthly living expenses of a two- to three-person household are about 200,000 yen.

But 12 billion yen of taxpayers’ money is paid for political party activities?

The number of members of the Japanese National Assembly is 250. Even if you calculate the living expenses of a two to three-person household, it would be 650 million yen. Even if you set the standard a little higher, it would be 1.2 billion yen, which is more than enough to make a killing.

But why does political activity cost so much money? Japanese public opinion is that it is not understandable to invest 12 billion yen in political party subsidies.

Since people call it corruption when they take money from companies, the idea of ​​openly taking money from the people’s pockets is now disgusting.

Japanese public opinion also pressured politicians to work and engage in party activities.

“People work to earn money and live off of it, but politicians seem to think it’s natural to just sit back and receive money.”

“Why does it cost so much to run a political party? If it costs that much money, you should earn it yourself. Don’t ask the people for money.”

Public opinion in Japan has completely turned around due to the slush fund scandal.

Should we practice democracy while supporting such trash with taxpayer money?

There were even comments saying that a dictatorship like Korea’s would be better, and in the end, the bill on political party subsidies failed to pass the National Assembly.

Political parties with no productivity at all can only make a living by receiving money from corporations as before, and as a result, Japanese politics has become completely subordinate to corporations.

***

“Sir, what should we do?”

“If we can’t get grants, we have to do it ourselves.”

“But can you do political activities with that alone? People gather where there is money, so if this is the case, you can’t expand the party.”

This is Gyeongseong,

The moderate party has been struggling over the party’s future.

If political party subsidies had been passed in the Japanese Diet, Korea would have followed suit and legislated political party subsidies. If this had been realized, political parties would have been sitting on a mountain of money.

The population of Korea is approximately 130 million (unofficial 530 million).

In addition, since we are ahead of Japan in economic power, we can measure a subsidy of at least 300 won per voter.

Even if we conservatively estimate, it is possible to receive about 15 billion won in political party subsidies, and the Women’s Peace Party, which has about 30% public approval ratings, can receive 4.5 billion won.

Isn’t that why everyone wants to receive political party subsidies? However, the people do not want to give the money to politicians because they treat them like rice bugs.

And this is why Korean political activities have returned to the support of the head of state.

The moderate party recorded an income of 6 billion won last year, 4 billion won of which was support from the head of state.

The situation is probably the same for the Women’s Peace Party.

But how long will we continue to rely on subsidies from our heads of state?

To achieve true parliamentary democracy, we need to introduce political party subsidies, but ironically, the people have no intention of giving money to political parties.

As the people say, is there no other way than to earn money and engage in political activities? For this reason, Park Myeong-ui is maintaining his position as the branch manager of Daehan Transportation Japan.

The monthly salary is about 3 million won, and 300,000 won of that is invested in party activities, but not all party members can pay party dues like this.

Among the 300,000 party members, only 30,000 actually pay party dues, and the amount of donations varies, so there are times when activity funds run out.

At this time, what comes down like rain in a drought is the support money from the head of state. This is not an empty word. Without the support money from the head of state, political party activities themselves are impossible.

Will this structure continue to be maintained in the future?

Park Myeong-eui, who had been thinking long and hard, made a bold move.

***

“Nice to meet you. My name is Park Myeong-ui, the representative of the Central New Party.”

“I am Lee Yeon-su, the representative of the Women’s Peace Party. Nice to meet you.”

This is the headquarters of the Central Church.

Members of the Center Party and the Women’s Peace Party gathered in one place.

The approval ratings for the two parties are 45% and 30% respectively, and in effect, the two parties are leading parliamentary democracy, excluding those who do not have a preferred party.

In order to realize true parliamentary democracy, a bill on political party subsidies must be passed, but Japan has already failed, so what happens to Korea?

Are you going to spend 15 billion won by giving 200 won to each voter?

Since this in itself can be seen as an act of treason that robs the national treasury in the eyes of the people, everyone is just watching.

First, Lee Yeon-soo, the representative of the Women’s Peace Party, expressed her opposition to the subsidy.

“Is it really necessary to introduce full-time members of the National Assembly? Each person should get a job and donate activity funds to the party. I am against full-time members of the National Assembly.”

According to a survey by the Women’s Peace Party, 70% of former members of the National Assembly were nothing more than ghosts who simply stamped their attendance and then disappeared.

It’s ridiculous to pay salaries to people who just sit and raise their hands.

Then, wouldn’t it be okay to change the position of National Assembly member to an honorary position and have each person pay their own party activity expenses according to their own circumstances?

Lee Yeon-su couldn’t understand why the National Assembly couldn’t do the same when the church also raised funds to help the underprivileged.

“Even though the church is going through a difficult time, it receives donations from its members and helps the underprivileged. There’s no reason why our politicians can’t do the same, right?”

“No… Don’t you have any dignity as a member of the National Assembly? If you are a member of the National Assembly, you should act in such a shabby manner…”

“If you want to save face, you shouldn’t be a politician. Are we going into politics to save face?”

The members of the New Progressive Party frowned at Representative Lee Yeon-soo’s response.

If only people said the right things like this, who would do politics?

Do you think that political parties need to be given some level of benefits to be motivated to do politics? Do political party officials have to reach out to everyone they meet to get activity funds?

Park Myeong-i, the leader of the moderate party, also expressed his position that excessive subsidies should be avoided, but that a certain amount of subsidies is necessary.

“Can’t we be a little more flexible? If we receive political party subsidies, we can focus on running the country without any worries? Of course, I understand what Lee Yeon-soo wants, but the reality is that we can’t maintain a political party through fundraising alone. Isn’t it impossible for the Women’s Peace Party to conduct political activities without your support?”

CEO Lee Yeon-su was unable to continue speaking.

A political party that speaks as if it is great but cannot run without the support of the head of state, so should it reach out to the people?

I couldn’t bring myself to open my mouth.

“I’m not asking for a lot. Let’s make it 100 won per voter.”

“100 won?”

“Yes, it’s money that a child has earned. I think the people will accept that much.”

There are 51.3 million voters in Korea. If each person receives just 100 won, a whopping 5.1 billion won can be raised.

Why not just divide the funds according to the party’s approval rating?

But a member of the Women’s Peace Party rejected it.

“Wait a minute. Didn’t that side also reach out to us because they didn’t want to be scolded by the people? If that’s the case, then the political party subsidies should be split equally in half.”

“No… Aren’t the grants supposed to be received based on the original approval rating?”

“If that’s the way to do it, there’s no reason for us to join hands with them. We also don’t have a reason to push for political subsidies while being cursed at by the people. We don’t mind doing politics while receiving donations from our enemies like we used to.”

“How can you say something like that? We’re just saying that to get along well with each other. Don’t you want to receive the subsidy too?”

Representatives from both sides were embarrassed.

The two sides came out to negotiate with each other, but somehow this turned into a fight over a bowl of rice, and in the end, the first round of talks between the two sides ended without any results.

***

“What happened?”

“It looks like it’s broken off.”

“Hmm~ Is that so.”

This is the AOPR headquarters in Sri Lanka,

While I was keeping a close eye on the situation in India, I also observed the political world in Korea.

In Japan, where there was a fuss over political party subsidies not long ago, if the bill had been passed, politicians would have been able to engage in party activities while relying on the people.

But public opinion is that they can’t stand to see that, and in Korea too, the party leaders are just engaging in a war of wits.

It may sound like a parliamentary democracy, but isn’t this just politicians trying to take advantage of the people? This is why the US only provides election subsidies to political parties.

This is why American politics revolves around donations and lobbying. Isn’t it because they won’t reach out to the people, so they’re going to collude with corporations?

But are you going to call that corruption again?

This is really ambiguous. Everyone seems to be hesitating because they are concerned about what the public thinks, but I solved the problem myself.

“Let’s make it 150 won per voter. I think the people will accept that.”

“All right.”

“Instead, political party subsidies should be subject to audit without exception and executed transparently so that the public will not have any complaints.”

In this way, approximately 0.6% of Korea’s annual budget was set aside as political party grants.

They say it’s 0.6%, but that’s still huge. How many dung flies would interfere while they sit still and receive 7.5 billion won?

How to control it also depends on the ability of the party leaders. If they themselves fall into a swamp of money, what meaning does parliamentary democracy have?

The future era I lived in was exactly like that.

In order to receive 930 million won in political party subsidies, candidates were forcibly pushed into the constituency, but only 25 million won was actually spent.

No one knows where the remaining 900 million won went.

Is this how the government subsidies are supposed to be used? This is why the meaning of parliamentary democracy has faded. I hate seeing that, so I have supported politicians with my own money.

But I can’t live my whole life, and if parliamentary democracy is to be established, political party subsidies are a policy that must be implemented at some point.

How this will turn out is in the hands of the party leaders, and now that the money has been put in their hands, it’s time to wait and see.

‘There can’t be no problem. It’s that much money…’

But what I’m worried about is,

I wonder if those kids can control the dung flies that are attracted to money.

I’m not suspicious, I’m just worried, so I’ve been keeping a watchful eye on you.