Justice Party: "Im Jong-seok, Park Won-soon Secondary Victimization... Truly a Despicable Person"

"Ruling Party, Take Immediate Party-Level Action"

Jung Hojin, Chief Spokesperson of the Justice Party.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] On the 23rd, the Justice Party stated regarding former President Moon Jae-in’s Chief of Staff Lim Jong-seok’s post defending the late former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, “The Democratic Party must immediately stop the secondary victimization. Continuous secondary victimization is a crime,” and added, “If the Democratic Party leadership and Seoul mayoral candidate Park Young-sun’s apology is sincere, they should immediately take party-level measures.”

Justice Party Chief Spokesperson Jeong Ho-jin said in a briefing that day, “Former Chief of Staff Lim left a post on Facebook saying, ‘Was Park really such a terrible person?’” and described it as “heartbreaking.”

Jeong criticized, “The praise and defense remarks following Democratic Party lawmaker Woo Sang-ho’s statement about succeeding Park Won-soon clearly reveal the Democratic Party’s level of awareness regarding sexual violence,” and added, “Former Chief of Staff Lim must know why this Seoul mayoral by-election is being held, but openly committing secondary victimization right before the election is extremely malicious. Truly a terrible person.”

Jeong also said, “Is the Democratic Party’s secondary victimization an election strategy? Can a party that obstructs the victim’s return to daily life be responsible for the lives of ten million Seoul citizens?” and stated, “Ultimately, the Democratic Party leadership and candidate Park’s apology can only be seen as a reluctant gesture made ahead of the Seoul mayoral by-election. The hollow apology caused secondary victimization.”

Earlier, former Chief of Staff Lim posted on his Facebook, “Was Park Won-soon really such a terrible person?” and said, “If integrity is still an important ethic for public officials, Park Won-soon was the most honest public official I knew.”

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