President Lee: “We must consider why remarks rooted in political correctness, double standards and factionalism provoke resentment”

[Financial News] On the 31st, President Lee Jae Myung reiterated his position on support policies for multicultural families, saying, “It is true that support for multicultural families is necessary. However, that cannot justify even specific flawed policies within those support measures that are unreasonable or lead to reverse discrimination.”
President Lee shared a post he had written the previous day on X (formerly Twitter), saying that policies supporting multicultural families should be reviewed for excessive or unfair provisions, and wrote as follows. The point, he said, is that unreasonable aspects of individual policies should be corrected without being bound by factional logic.
President Lee said, “The fact that a general argument is correct does not mean that every specific argument is correct,” and added, “We should also consider why people resent remarks based on political correctness, double standards or factionalism.” He stressed, “If we acknowledge and correct the flawed ‘part,’ support for the necessary ‘whole’ will grow stronger.”
He also said that the more contentious an issue is, the more necessary open debate becomes. President Lee wrote, “The more sensitive an issue is, we should not avoid it just because it is controversial or let those in power decide behind closed doors. Everyone should take part, bring the issue to light and debate it seriously.”
He went on to point out, “If something is wrong, it must be corrected, whoever or whatever is involved and whatever the area. Defending even the flawed parts just because they’re on my side or because it’s an issue I have championed does not help solve the problem; it only makes it worse.”
The previous day, President Lee said on X, “Opinions pointing out the problems with preferential treatment—such as bonus points for admission to childcare centers and priority access to public postpartum care centers—when it is hard to find a reason to prioritize multicultural families over families of Korean nationals without exception, deserve full consideration and review.” He also stressed, “Fairness is a core value of state administration, and it has nothing to do with whether the amount is large or small. Just because the amount or quantity is small does not mean unfairness is acceptable.” He added, “To defend and protect this against far-right agitation deliberately seeking to incite hatred and hostility toward multicultural families, we must also minimize pretexts for attacks and incitement.”
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