“The Primary Virtue for the Next President Is Economic Leadership”

Executives of 100 enterprises in Korea reportedly take the leadership in economy most important for the virtue of next president.

According to a monthly magazine Modern Management on the 19th, when it collected opinions of executives of 100 domestic corporations, 32.9 percent of respondents answered that the next president should have leadership in `economy`.

21.4 percent of the respondents chose the leadership in `globalization` and the rest the leadership in `gouging out corruptions (15.7 percent)`, `social development (14.3 percent)`, `reunification of South and North (7.2 percent)`, `solving regional resentment (5.7 percent)` and `democratization (2.8 percent)`.

Respondents pointed `economic revival (32.3 percent)` for the assignment of next president, `introducing sustainable economic policy (34.8 percent)` for the assignment of economy team of next Cabinet.

And 57.1 percent of the respondents chose former U.S. President John F. Kennedy as a model from whom next president should learn, and Park Chung-Hee (19.0 percent) solely among Korean presidents.

At the question asking to choose economy team, which administrated Korean economy successfully including current administration, Park Chung-Hee administration (60.0 percent) got No. 1, and the current administration (15 percent) got No. 3 next to Chun Doo-Hwan administration (30.0 percent). The worst economy team chosen by 81.8 respondents was the administration of Kim Young-Sam.

jsonhng@donga.com