People Power Party candidate Yoon Young-seok from Yangsan-gap, Gyeongsangnam-do [자료사진]
Gyeongnam Yangsan-gap candidate Yoon Young-seok of the People’s Power Party, who sparked controversy by saying “Moon Jae-in, ‘It’s all right'” during the campaign, dismissed the Democratic Party’s demand for his resignation, saying, “It was a remark of political significance.”
Candidate Yoon posted on his SNS today, “In the Gyeongsang-do language, the word ‘Jikida’ is a phrase that is used in a very multi-semantic way,” and explained, “The remark about Pyeongsan Village was never meant to mean human life, but was an extremely political remark.” I did.
Candidate Yoon said of Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, who demanded his resignation, “The reaction is truly outrageous.” He added, “What qualifications does a person who swears against humanity and heaven, deceives the people, and ‘pretends to work’ say such things? “Are you doing it?” he asked.
He added, “Former President Moon Jae-in, who said, ‘I want to be forgotten,’ is actively interfering in real politics,” and added, “It was a remark made with the intention of letting go and stepping aside and living quietly as a forgotten person, as originally hoped.”
Previously, on the afternoon of the day before yesterday (the 7th), Candidate Yoon aroused controversy by riding a campaign vehicle on the road near Pyeongsan Village in Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam-do, near former President Moon’s private residence, and saying, “Moon Jae-in, ‘You have to get a job.'”
Lee Jae-myeong, leader of the Democratic Party, called for Candidate Yoon’s resignation on social media yesterday, saying, “You are a candidate from the ruling party who incited violence and terrorism against a former president. How far do you plan to regress democracy?” and today also said, “The People Power Party will not cancel the nomination.” “Are you going to do it?” he went on the offensive.
Shin Hyun-young, spokesperson for the Democratic Party, issued a comment today, saying, “You insulted the former president with vicious language and promoted extreme hate politics,” and repeated, “Since when did the harsh words, ‘I need to kill you,’ become words without the intention of intimidation and harm?” They called for his resignation.
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