Roh Tae Woo’s Key Proposals for Ending South Korea’s Civil Strife

The proposals put forth by Roh Tae Woo, the ruling Democratic Justice Party’s candidate for president of South Korea, are the following:

-- Direct presidential elections.

-- Amendment of the election law to assure free and fair electoral campaigns.

-- Restoration of the civil rights of opposition leader Kim Dae Jung and freedom for all political prisoners except those convicted of treason and violent crimes.

-- Extended right of habeus corpus through revisions in the constitution.

-- Freedom of the press; abolition or revision of the current restrictive press law.

-- Institution of local autonomy at both the municipal level and on university campuses, providing more decision-making power at the lower level.

-- Political freedom involving guarantees that parties can carry out legal activities unfettered.

-- A national campaign against violent crime and corruption.