그는 “개헌논의가 중단되면서 지방분권논의도 함께 실종됐지만 자치분권은 국가 미래시스템”이라며 “지방일꾼들이 이를 앞장서 제기해야 했는데 어느 단위도 제대로 제기하지 못했다”고 평가했다.
"The discussion of decentralization went missing as well as the discussion of constitutional amendment was suspended, but autonomy is the country's future system," he said, evaluating, "The local workers should have taken the lead in raising the issue, but they failed to raise any units properly."