Quotation of the day

The people should not let their elected representatives have their own way but subject them to rigid scrutiny and strongly demand that they fulfill their duties thoroughly. (38 advocacy groups launching the Citizens` Alliance for Monitoring State Affairs in a ceremony held at the Constitutional Government Memorial Hall September 4)

Politics must not be allowed to impede economic growth; it ought to promote the economy instead. (Millennium Democratic Party floor leader Chung Kyun-Hwan September 4, calling on the opposition Grand National Party to end its partisan campaign outside the legislative chamber and attend the National Assembly to act on urgent bills such as the supplementary budget plan and other reform measures and laws for the sake of the people.)

We need to run newspaper advertisements now that President Kim Dae-Jung has given himself a boost through a television appearance. (GNP vice president Lee Bu-Young on President Kim`s specially arranged television interview for Broadcasting Day September 4. Lee claimed the interview was one-sided and devoted to touting the accomplishments of the Kim administration.)