US White House Petition Tops at 'Arrest Moon'... Song Young-gil Says "Beyond Treason, Slave Mentality, It's Shameful"

A petition claiming that the ruling party and President Moon Jae-in manipulated the April 15 general election was previously submitted

On April 23rd, a petition titled "Arrest and prosecute Moon Jae-in for smuggling and spreading the Chinese virus in the United States and threatening ROK-US security" was posted on the White House petition board, 'We the PEOPLE.'
Photo by White House petition website capture

Photo by Screenshot of the White House Petition website

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Suwan] Amid the appearance of a petition titled 'Arrest President Moon Jae-in' on the U.S. White House petition website, Democratic Party lawmaker Song Young-gil criticized on the 10th, saying, "Thinking about the absurdity Americans must feel, my face turned red with shame."

On April 23, a petition titled "Arrest and prosecute President Moon Jae-in for spreading COVID-19 in the U.S. and damaging the South Korea-U.S. alliance" was posted on the U.S. White House petition site 'We the People.' As of 1:30 PM on the 10th, the petition had garnered approximately 859,832 signatures, ranking first.

The petitioner claimed that "President Moon Jae-in spread COVID-19 to the United States," "President Moon Jae-in endangered the South Korea-U.S. alliance and security," and "President Moon Jae-in colluded with North Korea."

The White House responds within 60 days if a petition receives more than 100,000 signatures within a month.

Regarding this, lawmaker Song posted on his Facebook on the same day a post titled "To some far-right forces asking the U.S. President to arrest and prosecute the President of the Republic of Korea," stating, "This is neither under the jurisdiction of the White House nor a matter for response. It is undoubtedly a petition by South Korea's far-right forces," and added, "At first, I was angry, then my whole body trembled with grief."

Song lamented, "Putting aside the absurdity of the petition's reasons, it is utterly shocking to see a sovereign nation's president begging the U.S. president to arrest and prosecute him."

He continued, "They say this petition is number one on the White House website, surpassing all other issues in the U.S. Do they think South Korea is the 51st state of the U.S.? Thinking about the absurdity Americans must feel upon seeing this makes my face flush with shame," strongly criticizing the petition.

He also condemned, "This is an act that can only be understood as the madness of souls trying to hand over South Korea's sovereignty to the U.S. beyond the South Korea-U.S. alliance, turning it into a South Korea-U.S. annexation."

He added, "No matter how inadequate the Moon Jae-in administration may be, I question whether those who petition the U.S. president to arrest and prosecute a democratically elected president under South Korea's constitution deserve to wave the Taegeukgi (South Korean flag). This goes beyond treason to a slave mentality. The far-right forces who posted this petition to the White House are the 21st-century version of Lee Wan-yong, who pointed a knife at the sovereign nation of South Korea."

Finally, he urged, "While holding close once again the blood-stained Taegeukgi of our patriotic martyrs and national heroes, I call for reflection from those who signed the White House website without knowing the meaning of their actions."

Meanwhile, earlier on April 18 of the same month, a petition titled "The April 15 general election was rigged by the ruling party and the Moon Jae-in government" was also posted on 'We the People.'

This petition also exceeded 100,000 signatures within 30 days, but the White House has not issued any response.

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