At a party withdrawal event, some supporters said, “This is the first time I’ve seen the approval rating drop after being hit with a knife” Democratic Party said, “The ruling party doesn’t mock us like this either… Strict action must be taken against Nak-yeon Lee for his low-quality and hateful remarks.”
Supporters of former Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon held a party withdrawal event at the National Assembly on the 13th and poured out criticism towards leader Lee Jae-myung.
During this process, a supporter made a crude criticism regarding the attack on Representative Lee with a weapon, and former Representative Nak-yeon Lee personally apologized.
About 300 supporters, including former National Assembly Vice Speaker Lee Seok-hyun and former Goyang Mayor Choi Seong, who joined the new party being promoted by former leader Lee, attended the event commemorating the withdrawal from the party called ‘Leaving the Democratic Party’ held at the National Assembly Hall on this day.
Regarding the reasons behind his decision to leave the party, former Vice Chairman Lee said, “One was loyalty, the other was anger,” and “Former Representative Lee, who had been my lifelong friend since attending law school at Seoul National University, struggled very lonely.”
He continued, “During the 2022 local elections, when I saw Song Young-gil, an Incheon citizen, run for the Seoul mayoral election and Lee Jae-myung enter Gyeyang-gu, Incheon (former representative Song Young-gil’s constituency), I thought, ‘The party is ruined.’”
Former Mayor Choi said, “Representative Lee Jae-myung will delay the primary election as much as possible to prevent (party members) from joining the new party,” adding, “50 to 100 Democratic Party members are probably worried, and if they do not join the new party as soon as possible, their political life will end.” “It is,” he claimed.
After being judged ineligible in the Democratic Party candidate verification process, he said to Representative Lee, “Your dream would be to go to the Blue House, but you will never be able to go because of me.”
This event was organized under the leadership of YouTuber Baek Gwang-hyeon, who was recently expelled from the Rights Party after filing an application for a temporary injunction to suspend Representative Lee Jae-myeong.
Some supporters did not hesitate to use abusive language. Kim Nam-hoon, a former professional wrestler, said of Representative Lee’s incident of being attacked with a weapon, “In my life, I have never seen a case where my approval rating drops after being stabbed in the neck.” He added, “Representative Lee’s main schedule is ‘hospital, court, hospital, court.’ “He is too good to be the leader of someone else’s party,” he said sarcastically.
When this fact became known, the Democratic Party immediately protested.
Spokesperson Kang Seon-woo said in a briefing at the National Assembly, “The People Power Party does not so blatantly ridicule an opposition leader who suffered political terrorism,” and urged, “I hope that former leader Lee Nak-yeon takes strict action against his supporters’ low-quality hate speech.”
He went on to point out, “It is deplorable that the parties who took issue with the strong remarks of their supporters as a justification for leaving the party have betrayed basic humanity by criticizing comrades with whom they had a common meal and pouring out extreme language that even far-right YouTubers do not use.”
In response, former Representative Lee Nak-yeon said, “I express strong regret to the person who made the problematic comment,” and “I also apologize to Representative Lee and the Democratic Party.”
Former Representative Lee said, “I hope that supporters will be careful to prevent such an unpleasant incident from happening again,” and added, “It is right to maintain dignity in any case.”
Mr. Kim, who was speaking, also bowed his head. He added through the social network service ‘
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2024-01-13 12:01:00
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