People’s Power Representative Lee Jun-seok speaks at a meeting of the Supreme Council held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the morning of the 28th. / Photo = Yonhap News
The People’s Power is showing signs of redness due to differences of opinion on the protests on the subway commute by the National Solidarity for the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Jeon Jang-yeon).
It is known that some members of the People’s Power supreme council expressed concern over the public criticism of the Jeon Jang-yeon protests by Lee Jun-seok at the undisclosed supreme council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 28th. It pointed out that it could have a negative impact on the upcoming June 1 local elections.
President Lee said, “I am fighting an issue from my point of view, not from the party level,” and said, “Nothing hurts more than the issue before the presidential office.” protested with
However, Supreme Councilor Jeong Mi-kyung countered, saying, “Why are you fighting an issue against groups with disabilities?” Cho Su-jin, a member of the Supreme Council, also asked for Lee’s restraint, saying, “Isn’t the people’s power not putting forward companionship with the weak?”
The Presidential Transition Committee announced that it would visit the site of a protest on the way to Jeon Jang-yeon’s subway commute. Lim Ja, secretary of the Social Welfare and Culture Division of the transition committee, said in the press room of the transition committee in Toongui-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the same day, “Kim Do-sik is communicating (with Jeon Jang-yeon).
Members of the National Solidarity for the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities demanding ‘a budget for the right to move’ are protesting at Gyeongbokgung Station, Line 3, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 28th. / Photo = News 1
Earlier, when Lee met with reporters at the National Assembly on the same day and was asked, “Rep. Kim Ye-ji went to the Jeon Jang-yeon subway protest today and apologized on her knees.” I have nothing to evaluate and nothing to apologize for.”
He said, “It is very uncivilized to put a wheelchair in the subway door and stop the operation, causing a lot of inconvenience and carrying out their wishes. I have no choice but to do it. Of course, I think it is a part that should be engraved on the battlefield.”
Meanwhile, Rep. Kim visited the site of the Jeonjangyeon protest held at Gyeongbokgung Station on Subway Line 3 in the morning of the same day and knelt down and apologized, saying, “I feel responsible.” He said, “I feel my responsibility as a politician. I apologize on behalf of the politicians for not being able to sympathize with me, for not using appropriate words,” he said.
Daeyoung Kim, reporter at Hankyung.com bigzero@hankyung.com
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