Seol Hoon: "United Party Encourages Liberation Day Rally... Must Issue Public Apology"

Ruling Party Criticizes Ahn Cheol-soo as 'Like a Gangster,' Saying "He Seems to Admire Gangster Culture"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Wondara] Seol Hoon, Supreme Council Member of the Democratic Party of Korea, criticized the United Future Party for encouraging the 'Liberation Day Taegeukgi Rally.' Seol also urged the United Future Party to issue a public apology to the nation.

On the morning of the 18th, Seol appeared on BBS Radio and said, "The United Future Party encouraged the rally," adding, "The United Future Party must apologize to the people and come forward with a resolve to take responsibility for neglecting this situation, or there will be serious consequences."

When asked if there was a reason to believe they encouraged it, he replied, "There were members of the National Assembly who attended." He added, "It is said that only one member attended, but we need to check if it was only one. There are also former members."

Seol urged the United Future Party to issue a public apology and stop political strife. He criticized, "The spread of (COVID-19) was clearly foreseeable, yet they passively allowed the rally to proceed. That is an undeniable fact. They should have absolutely prevented it."

Regarding the question about "freedom of political expression and freedom of association being guaranteed," he said, "The issue is not freedom of association, but freedom of life. We must protect life. The United Future Party has nothing to say to the people on this point. They should start by apologizing and come out to respond to COVID-19 together. They must declare an end to political strife."

When asked about Ha Tae-kyung, a member of the United Future Party, saying "Pastor Jeon Kwang-hoon should be immediately arrested and severely punished," he responded, "That is a statement of common sense. It is a natural statement."

Regarding Ahn Cheol-soo, leader of the People’s Party, and Jin Joong-kwon, former professor at Dongyang University, calling the current government and ruling party’s culture a "gangster culture" during a YouTube talk on the 13th, he criticized, "Those who use the term 'gangster' are themselves like gangsters." He added, "I think Ahn uses such expressions because he admires gangster culture. If he wants to be respected as a national elder, he must have an accurate understanding of the situation. It is problematic to mislead the public with wrong judgments."

Meanwhile, regarding the 11th anniversary of former President Kim Dae-jung’s passing, Seol said, "When he returned from exile in the United States, I served him. I was his secretary and served him until he passed away." He added, "(Former President Kim) said to do politics for the underprivileged, that politics is about helping the weak and the struggling. We are now carrying on that legacy." Regarding former President Kim’s theory on purging pro-Japanese collaborators, he said, "Even now, resolving the pro-Japanese issue is for the sake of our national unity."

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