Election Korea, Park Geun-Hye Fight Become First Woman President
Seoul - People's Republic of Korea (ROK) will elect their new president in the general election that was held on Wednesday (19/12) tomorrow. There are two competing candidates, namely Park Geun-Hye who will make history if elected as the first woman president and Moon Jae-In from the opposition party.
Both have a strong position. Opinion polls show a difference while they sound very thin, with a slight lead over Moon Park.
But winning the most votes in the election that was held on Wednesday (19/12) local time, will face a number of domestic and international issues left by the government of President Lee Myung-Bak. Starting from the behavior-provocative behavior of North Korea, economic growth is slowing, and increased calls for welfare of the people in the country ginseng. Similarly, as reported by Channel News Asia on Tuesday (18/12/2012).
Given that both candidates have in common, which have the same relation to the previous South Korean leaders. It is known that Park is the son of former South Korean dictator Park Chung-Hee and Moon is a former chief of staff to President Roh Moo-Hyun who committed suicide.
Name Park Geun-Hye is actually no stranger to the people of the South in general. 60-year-old woman's name is attached to the greatness of the name of the father, Park Chung-Hee. In the South Korean elections tomorrow, Park Saenuri carried by the party, which also overshadow the current South Korean president. If selected, the Park will make history as the first woman president in South Korea, which until now government is dominated by men.
However, the name of the father always overshadow Park. During served for 18 years in a row, Park's father is known to be highly authoritarian rule and often oppress the people who disagree with him. Park's father was shot dead by his own intelligence chief in 1979 ago. Meanwhile, Park's mother was murdered by a pro-North Korean forces that tried to kill my father Park, 5 years earlier. But the people of South Korea's era of the past are still admired father Park for successfully bringing South Korea out of poverty.
In the last campaign, Park is not married is promising leadership will be able to bring the South face of the global economic crisis. "I have no living relatives and no child is to be my heir. You, the people, is my family now and your happiness be the reason I stay on the political track," he said.
"As a mother who dedicated her life to her family, I'll be a president who pay attention to the lives of its people. So, please, start a new era under the leadership of the first woman president in the country, with the hope for change and reform," said Park convincing supporters.
While the challenger, Moon Jae-In is also no doubt in the world of football terjangnya politics in South Korea. Moon brought by the Democratic Union Party was in opposition, is a former lawyer who specialized fighting for human rights.
In fact, Moon was jailed for participating in protests against the regime of Park Chung-Hee at that time. Moon was known to be close to the late Roh Moo-Hyun as President of South Korea 2003-2009 period last year. Speaking at the last day of campaigning, today, Moon sharply pointed Saneuri the ruling party as the party of corrupt and incompetent.
"If you prevent them from punishment for past mistakes will continue to happen. We must fight them and tomorrow is the day to do it," said Moon in front of supporters.
Moon is very popular among young voters, while Park better known by the elderly in the South, especially the followers of conservative who adored her father. I wonder who will be elected as the new president of South Korea? We wait for tomorrow.
