Assemblyman Song Gap-seok Criticizes Liberty Korea Party as Hypocritical for Alleging False Information Spread

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Assemblyman Song Gap-seok (Democratic Party of Korea, Gwangju Seo-gu Gap) criticized the Liberty Korea Party’s explanation regarding Liberty Korea Party leader Hwang Kyo-ahn’s remarks on the May 18 Democratic Movement on the 11th, calling it a “brazen explanation accusing others of spreading false information and defamation,” and stated, “The ones defamed are the democratic spirits and bereaved families, not the Liberty Korea Party and Hwang Kyo-ahn who defend the May 18 slanderers.”

In a press release that day, Assemblyman Song asked, “Is the nationwide expansion of the new military regime’s martial law and school closures on May 17, 1980, unrelated to the May 18 Democratic Movement?” He condemned, “If the fact that ‘universities ultimately had to close’ is considered more important than the students and citizens who resisted indiscriminate violence and killings to establish democracy, that is truly a tragic historical consciousness.”

He also criticized Hwang’s proud introduction on the 9th of his experience as the leader of the Student Defense Corps, which was established by the Park Chung-hee dictatorship to maintain its regime, saying, “The legacy of the military dictatorship’s Student Defense Corps becoming a heroic tale and the impoverished historical consciousness that perceives the May 18 Democratic Movement as merely ‘some incident’ should be ashamed.”

He added, “The more soulless explanations from the Liberty Korea Party and leader Hwang Kyo-ahn continue, the deeper the wounds of the people grow,” and demanded, “Stop the absurd arguments immediately and apologize for defaming the honor of May 18.”

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