If You Dislike Cho Kuk, Are You a Traitor?…Future United Party Calls "Excessive Loyalty to Cho Kuk Unbearable"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] The United Future Party criticized the Democratic Party candidates who defend former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk as engaging in an "excessive loyalty competition." With the general election just three days away, it appears they are trying to rally their support base by promoting an "anti-Cho Kuk election frame."

Jung Won-seok, the full-time spokesperson for the United Future Party's election committee, pointed out in a statement on the 12th, "The excessive loyalty competition among Democratic Party figures who defend and protect Cho Kuk is unbearable to witness."

He criticized Kim Kyung-hyup, the Democratic Party candidate for Bucheon City Gap district, for posting on his social network service (SNS) last September, "Native traitors instinctively hate Cho Kuk," and "Patriots protect Cho Kuk, while traitors hate him." He also pointed out Oh Young-hwan, the candidate for Uijeongbu Gap district, who described the Cho Kuk incident as "a practice that all parents habitually engaged in at the time," stating, "The perception of ruling party figures is at a very serious level."

Spokesperson Jung said, "Interpreting their remarks means belittling the public's anger toward Cho Kuk and his family's use of unfair parental privileges, branding critics as traitors, and treating admission corruption as a social norm," adding, "If those who defend criminals and slander hardworking citizens win the general election and become members of the National Assembly, the division and conflict within our society will deepen even further."

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