Lee Jae-myung "Future United Party Disregards the People... Will Be Discarded If It Continues"

"Future United Party, After Losing the Election, 'Try Suffering Once' Mentality"

Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] Lee Jae-myung, Governor of Gyeonggi Province, criticized on the 22nd, "The behavior of the United Future Party so far has clearly ignored the people," adding, "If they continue like this, they will be discarded."

On the same day, Lee appeared on MBC Radio's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus' and said, "The reason the United Future Party was rejected by the people this time is partly due to past mistakes, but also because of their behavior during the election process."

He explained, "The opposition is being punished now because they underestimated the people, but they still haven't come to their senses. The disappointing behavior of the opposition is that they have not presented any new policies or alternatives, meaning they have not engaged in fair competition, but only tried to sabotage and cause failure to gain reflexive benefits. The people see through all of that."

Regarding the United Future Party's insistence on providing emergency disaster relief funds to the bottom 70% income bracket, Lee said, "Before the election, they promised universal payments, but after losing the election, it seems their mindset shifted to 'Let them suffer a bit. Let the people criticize us.'"

He continued, "The decisive reason the United Future Party opposes universal payments now is concerns about national fiscal soundness. They say, 'Don't issue government bonds,' and 'Use only the money currently available,' right?" He added, "If the government fairly distributes the funds it has created to all citizens, the United Future Party cannot oppose it. Then, once the term of the 21st National Assembly members begins, issuing additional government bonds to provide support can easily solve the problem."

Lee also said, "If funds cannot be secured, issuing government bonds to provide additional support to all citizens as needed is simple," explaining, "Since our national budget exceeds 500 trillion won, even if an additional 20 trillion won is issued, about 7 trillion won would be allocated for this year, and the remaining 13 trillion won can be divided and paid without much difficulty. Next year and the year after are still undecided, so adjustments are very easy."

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