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for honesty of politicians underlay the
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recentAhnCheol-soocraze.”
TheDifficultiesofPolitical
ParticipationamongtheTwenties
The twenties exerted their rights to
voteactivelyinthelastmayoralelection.
However,itisnaturaltoexerttheirrights
and they just do their bounden duty. To
makeafundamentalchangetosociety,it
isnecessarytoparticipatemoreactively.
However,themajorityofthetwentiesare
often faced with unexpected difficulties
inparticipatinginpoliticallife.
Barrierstoparticipatinginpoliticallife
Recently, the governing and the
Infact,KimSu-min,whoisworkingas
The shortage of the power of
opposition parties have been trying to
a councilor of Gumi province, and is in
combinationinthetwenties
produce proportional representations
histwenties,saidthat,“Thetwentieswill
It is sure that the twenties have
of candidates of the twenties. As the
be placed in a difficult situation, owing
progressed politically. But they still
twenties vote actively in elections, the
to lack of supporters and organizational
havealongwaytogotomakeapositive
political circles try to gain the twenties’
power when they attempt to enter to
change in society. Last June, to ask the
hearts.Though,nothingissure,yetthese
politics. Also, if they are elected, they
political communities for practice of
efforts would reflect the opinions of the
oughttostrivetoovercometheprejudice
Half Price Tuition, students at some
twenties.
against them. “In my case, to reflect
private universities voted to make
For instance last January, the
the voice of the twenties, I became a
a students’ strike. However, it was
Democratic Party proposed to officially
councilor, but it is difficult to work on
canceled due to the lack of a quorum.
adoptayoungcandidatewith15percent
positive lines, especially, since some
And some students did not participate
of the members of the metropolitan city
people often ignore me because I am
in the voting because the voting period
council. But they viewed the criteria of
young.”
overlappedwithfinalexams.
the young man as a man under forty-
“Still,someuniversitystudentsconsider
five years old and did not consider the
politics as something inconvenient and
Shortageofpoliticalexperience
twenties. Until last April, only one
Theformer386generationisapolitical
are highly influenced by their negative
candidate in his twenties was running
generation who experienced the pro-
stereotype,” said Park Ja-eun, president
forpublicoffice.
democracy movement. Conversely,
of the Alliance of Universities for the
“Substantially, if the twenties try to
the twenties of today do not have any
Twenty-first Century. She also added
go into politics, they will experience
particular experience in politics. The
that, “As the indifference to politics is
frustration because of the political
386 generation has also had the strong
prevalent among the twenties, some
realities,” said Ha Seung-soo, a lawyer
power of unity in politics. They elected
participants in politics are often in the
who is preparing to form the Green
Presidents Kim Young-sam and Kim
minority.Untilnow,theproblemsofthe
Party. “To reflect the voice of the
Dae-jung who are the people about the
twenties, such as the Half Price Tuition,
twenties, it is essential to make a party
same age. However, it was not until
have not yet been solved, we have to
for them. But because of current party
recently that the contemporary twenties
cooperate and participate in politics
politics and the election system the
have tried to harmonize. Until quite
moreactivelythanwehavesofar.”
twenties will have problems attaining
recently,thetwentiesoftodayhavebeen
theirpoliticalgoals.”
competitorswitheachother.
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