2024-05-18 01:30:52
Revered residents, veterans of the Might 18th Democratization Motion and bereaved households, This 12 months, in Might, poplar timber have been in full bloom on the streets of Gwangju.
It’s a white pop tree flower that resembles rice balls that Gwangju residents and college students shared in Geumnam-ro and the provincial workplace in Might 44 years in the past.
At a time when roads in all instructions have been blocked and meals was scarce, residents took out rice and pots and made rice balls within the alleys.
Gwangju united in protest to guard liberal democracy and human rights.
The passionate solidarity of Gwangju in Might 1980 turned the inspiration of the liberty and prosperity of at this time’s Republic of Korea.
Right now’s Republic of Korea is constructed on the blood and tears shed in Gwangju.
We salute the noble sacrifices of democratic heroes and pray with all our hearts for his or her relaxation.
Moreover, we wish to specific our comfort and gratitude to those that contributed to the Might 18 Democratization Motion and their bereaved households, who buried the ache of that day of their hearts and silently continued the spirit of Might .
Pricey Residents, Because the spirit of Might has taken deep roots, the flower of liberal democracy has totally blossomed within the Republic of Korea.
The political freedom and human rights loved by each citizen will now not be missing in comparison with another nation on this planet.
Nonetheless, at this time we face one other modern problem.
Class conflicts attributable to financial inequality and social polarization that deepen daily because the ladder of alternative is minimize off, are inflicting a disaster of liberal democracy.
Though political freedom has expanded, many individuals don’t get pleasure from financial freedom.
Though political human rights are assured, many individuals even discover it troublesome to get pleasure from their leisure time in day by day life.
We should develop the economic system quickly to revive the dimensions of sophistication mobility and lift the extent of freedom and well-being loved by the folks.
We should share the fruits of development pretty, present higher safety for the socially weak, and usher in a “working- and middle-class period” the place all residents are completely satisfied.
We should additional consolidate the foundations of challenges and alternatives in order that future generations can dream of tomorrow.
By way of this, we should unite folks’s hearts and transfer ahead in direction of a hopeful future the place all might be completely satisfied and affluent.
I imagine that is the precise strategy to keep it up the spirit of Might presently and actually reward the sacrifices and tears of Gwangju.
We’ll extra firmly shield the nice legacy of liberal democracy left by the heroes of democracy.
We’ll take higher care of the lives of our folks and transfer ahead collectively in direction of a higher Republic of Korea.
The federal government and I’ll do our greatest to usher in a brand new future wherein the spirit of Might shines brightly.
My fellow residents, the spirit of Might 1980 in Gwangju nonetheless lives inside us.
Allow us to as soon as once more be a part of forces, put into follow the nice will of the democratic heroes of Might, and collectively create a Republic of Korea of freedom and prosperity.
THANKS
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