Lee Jun-woo, spokesperson for the People’s Future Campaign Committee, “Seniors are heroes”
“The Democratic Party’s systematic disparagement of seniors… “It will boomerang”
Jeong Cheong-rae “The purpose is to closely monitor election law violations”
Chung Cheong-rae, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea. [연합]
[헤럴드경제=강문규 기자] On the 10th, the ruling party’s candidate Chung Cheong-rae, who is running in Mapo-eul, Seoul, said on Facebook, “Carrying the elderly to the polling place is also a violation of election law.” Regarding the writing, “Let’s keep our eyes wide open and keep an eye on them,” they criticized “Candidate Chung for insulting the elderly by referring to them as ‘if they are carried’ as if they were luggage.”
Joon-Woo Lee, a spokesperson for the public affairs department of the National Election Committee of People’s Future Co., Ltd., said in a commentary that day, “The Democratic Party made an outrageous statement by talking about 7 years in prison in an attempt to take away the voting rights of the generation over 60.”
Spokesperson Lee said, “Today, Democratic Party candidate Jeong Cheong-rae of Seoul’s Mapo-gap posted a post on her social media, saying that transporting the elderly to the polling place is punishable by up to 7 years in prison, and calling for monitoring to prevent transport,” adding, “We want to prevent elderly people with mobility issues from exercising their right to vote.” will be. He said, “Where can you find such a bizarre slogan saying that a candidate running in an election should break the principle of universal suffrage, which is the main principle of elections?”
At the same time, he asked, “Can candidate Chung Cheong-rae, who threatens citizens who help their neighborhood friends and close sisters and brothers exercise their voting rights by saying that they may be sentenced to prison, can say the same 7 years in prison to his parents, relatives, and elders?” ‘ Rather, they are ‘heroes’ who protected and developed democracy in this country. He argued, “Inciting to interfere with the precious vote of heroes is a sentence of imprisonment.”
Spokesperson Lee said, “The Democratic Party’s systematic and continuous denigration of the elderly is not something that happened yesterday or today. Past candidate Chung Dong-young said, ‘Those in their 60s and 70s can rest at home.’ Former lawmaker Rhyu Si-min said, ‘Once you reach your 60s, your brain rots.’ Former Innovation Committee Chairman Kim Eun-kyung said, ‘Why do people with a short future vote?’ Candidate Kim Han-gyu said, ‘Don’t let your parents go to the polls.’ Kim Yong-min said, “The former candidate made it a point to make outrageous remarks, such as ‘Let’s get rid of the elevators so the elderly can’t go out,’ that would be punished, let alone treated by the generation that built this country.”
He continued, “I hope the Democratic Party will stop hating the 6080 generation. The average age of candidates in the April 10 general election is 56.3 years old, and candidate Park Jie-won is 81 years old, the oldest candidate in the Democratic Party,” he said. “Candidate Chung Cheong-rae is 58 years old this year. “The Democratic Party’s hatred of the older generation will return like a boomerang,” he said.
In response to this, Candidate Chung said in a Facebook post, “I captured the title of an article from a conservative media outlet as is and said, “This is also a violation of election law, so we should monitor it closely.” He countered. He said, “Even if an action is done with good intentions, it is a violation of the election law, so we must be careful, and if we do this maliciously, we can be punished for violating the election law, so what is wrong with saying that we should monitor it closely? “Is this denigrating the elderly?” he asked.
He added, “Is the People Power Party dyslexic? Please cancel the statement and apologize,” and added, “We will take strong legal action against malicious propaganda and spread of false information.”
Representative Lee Jae-myeong emphasized on Facebook that “the Democratic Party is also monitoring videos of vehicles provided at each polling place,” along with a Facebook post by broadcaster Kim Yong-min, who said, “No one other than the National Election Commission and the police is allowed to bring people with mobility issues to the polling place.”
mkkang@heraldcorp.com
