Lee calls for constitutional revision to reflect spirit of democratization

President Lee Jae Myung, speaking during a ceremony commemorating the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Busan-Masan pro-democracy protests, urged the National Assembly to advocate for a constitutional revision. He emphasized that the spirit of Korea's democratization movements should be reflected in the Constitution. The president made this call in a speech at the ceremony marking the 47th anniversary of the Busan-Masan protests, also known as the Buma uprising.

He stated that incorporating the Buma democratization uprising and the Gwangju democratization movement into the preamble of the Constitution would be a crucial measure to prevent forgetting the blood-stained history of defending Korea's democracy and people's sovereignty. The president reiterated his request that the National Assembly initiate public opinion gathering and reasonable discussions on constitutional reform.