In response to the large number of People’s Power lawmakers attending the May 18 Democratization Movement commemoration ceremony, Lee Jae-myung, chairman of the Democratic Party’s general election campaign, called the People’s Power ‘the descendants of the Gwangju massacre’ on the 18th. ” replied.
Chairman Lee said on MBC Radio that day, about ‘the participation of a large number of people’s power’, he said, “Isn’t the original power of the people the descendants of the Gwangju massacre forces? Go or go, even if I did, I refused and insulted the ‘March for Love’ song.”
Chairman Lee said, “I am glad that I am attending this time, and I think it would be good if you sincerely reflect and comfort me and cooperate with the investigation of the truth.” It has not been clarified at all.”
In response, Chairman Lee immediately posted on his Facebook page, “Chairman Lee seems to be speaking vaguely without understanding the genealogy of the party. “People who have no debts.” “As President Kim Young-sam opened the door, we commemorate the 5.18 Democratization Movement. This change will be irreversible.”
He also criticized “Chairman Lee as a candidate (Gyeyang-eul, Incheon) without any ties or qualifications to succeed the legacy of Presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun.”

“Look at Chairman Lee, who is talking to the president and ruling party officials who are gathering to commemorate the May 18 Democratization Movement like a ‘descendant of the massacre’,” said Chairman Lee. pointed out “We will go to the future of unity no matter how fiercely Chairman Lee speaks in the language of division,” he said. According to President Yoon Seok-yeol’s proposal, the ceremony was well received in terms of East-West harmony as a large number of 99 lawmakers from the People’s Power attended the ceremony.
Han Ji-hye, reporter for Donga.com onewisdom@donga.com
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