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

June 30, 1987|From a Times Staff Writer

SEOUL, South Korea — 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 \o7 habeus corpus\f7 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.

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