Ha Tae-kyung Targets Lee Nak-yeon: "A Person Without Vision Who Only Watches Others Has No Qualification for Presidency"

[Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Rep. Lee Nak-yeon of the Democratic Party of Korea criticized the Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC) incident by saying "the image marketing of politicians is regrettable," which Rep. Ha Tae-kyung of the United Future Party responded to by saying, "Those who have no vision and only watch the situation have no qualifications for the presidency."

On the 1st, Rep. Ha wrote on Facebook, "Presidential candidates should compete with vision, not just act like a prime minister coordinating various ministries. Such mediation alone is not enough to qualify," urging for a solution to the IIAC incident.

Earlier that day, Rep. Lee said during a lecture at the National Assembly Global Health and Welfare Forum, "Would it help to solve the IIAC incident if individual lawmakers just make statements to build their own image rather than proposing solutions?" This appeared to refer to Rep. Ha and Rep. Kim Doo-kwan of the Democratic Party, who had raised their voices regarding the IIAC incident.

In response, Rep. Ha said, "Rep. Lee criticized those who took an active stance on the IIAC issue as doing image marketing. But Rep. Lee, you shouldn't do that," pointing out, "It's called mediation in a nice way, but in reality, it's about watching the situation between pro-Moon and anti-Moon factions."

Rep. Ha added, "If you are a presidential candidate, you should confront the issue head-on. That is, you should present your own solution to the IIAC problem and be evaluated by the public based on that," emphasizing, "The IIAC incident is not a simple issue but a symbolic event that compressively expresses the complex problems our society faces."

He also said, "It seems Rep. Lee is bothered by criticism that he is silent on the IIAC issue, so then he should propose an alternative," and questioned, "If you support Moon Jae-in-style regularization of irregular workers, young people will oppose it, and if you oppose it, the pro-Moon votes will fly away, right?"

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.