"Yoon Seok-yeol Sparks Ruling and Opposition Debate: 'Dog Biting Its Owner' vs 'Reminiscent of the Reckless Red Guards Era'"

Candidate for Supreme Council Member Lee Won-wook Targets Yoon Seok-yeol: "Like a Dog Biting Its Owner"
Lee Tae-gyu: "A Dog Bites When the Owner Looks Like a Thief"

Candidate Lee Won-wook, who ran for the position of Supreme Council Member of the Democratic Party of Korea, is delivering his policy speech at the preliminary election held on the 24th of last month at the National Assembly Members' Office Building.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] Controversy has arisen over Rep. Lee Won-wook, a candidate for the Democratic Party's Supreme Council member, likening Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol to a dog, saying "It's like a dog biting its owner," and voices criticizing this are growing in the opposition camp.

On the 16th, at an online joint speech held at the central party office in Yeouido, Seoul, Rep. Lee asserted, "We must remove Prosecutor General Yoon, who is power-hungry, and complete prosecutorial reform."

He pointed out, "The power appointed by the president is trying to defeat the elected power. It's like a dog biting its owner," and told Prosecutor General Yoon, "If you want to do politics, you should take off your clothes and go out."

Other Supreme Council member candidates attending the event also emphasized prosecutorial reform. Rep. Noh Woong-rae said, "We will definitely carry out prosecutorial reform," adding, "We will resolutely eradicate political prosecutors who only try to protect their absolute vested interests." He raised his voice, saying, "We will firmly reform the prosecution that refuses to investigate or indict their own associates and lets them off."

Rep. Kim Jong-min also said, "What the Democratic Party must do is fundamental reform. We must achieve fundamental reform through laws and systems so that we never go backward again. This is the will of the people who gave us 180 seats," emphasizing repeatedly, "We must reform the unfair prosecution wielding power on its own and biased media."

Rep. Shin Dong-geun said, "The enormous prosecutorial power, media power, and economic power have no fixed term and are unelected powers. Look at the behavior of the all-powerful political prosecutors who shamelessly disparage the Moon Jae-in administration. Now, prosecutorial reform must be successfully completed."

Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol is speaking at the new prosecutors' registration ceremony held at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the 3rd.
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Meanwhile, voices of criticism are emerging from the opposition camp over Rep. Lee's remark likening Prosecutor General Yoon to a 'dog.'

Kim Woong, a former prosecutor and member of the Future United Party, wrote on his Facebook that Rep. Lee's remark "like a dog biting its owner" was "Is the metaphor used by the Democratic Party a kind one?" and sarcastically said, "It is a metaphor that Park Beom-gye, who cried out 'Please end the world where our prosecutors are compared to animals,' would be furious about."

He added, "(Rep. Park) is not someone who only finds faults in others while ignoring the beam in his own eye, so he will probably give a sharp remark."

Rep. Lee Tae-gyu of the People’s Party also pointed out on Facebook, "The ruling party Supreme Council candidate's remark likening the relationship between the Prosecutor General and the president to that of a 'dog' and 'owner' shows the totalitarian thinking of this regime and that power is a means for their own private gain."

He criticized, "Summarizing the remarks of the Supreme Council candidates shows that no one can be elected in the Democratic Party without the support of the pro-Moon Jae-in hardcore faction," and added, "The atmosphere in the Democratic Party reminds one of the cruel and immature Red Guard era of China's Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and 70s."

He continued, "Now all candidates, including the party leader candidates of the Democratic Party, are succumbing to this. I worry whether they can properly overcome the impending lame-duck period of the regime and the national crisis."

He said, "Comparing the Prosecutor General of a country to a dog itself is an admission of how poor their government is and further damages the national dignity of the Republic of Korea."

He then criticized Rep. Lee, saying, "There are only two cases when a dog bites its owner: one is when the owner looks like a thief, and the other is when the owner has been tormenting the dog without reason."

Finally, he said, "The Blue House and the ruling party should not confuse and compare the loyal dogs bowing their heads near the regime with the current Prosecutor General. There may be dogs disguised as humans, but dogs and humans are definitely different."

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