Yoo Seung-min: "Jo Guk, Yoon Mi-hyang, Kim Sang-jo, Park Joo-min... To the youth, even this kind of hypocrisy is transparent"

Former People Power Party lawmaker Yoo Seung-min, Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jumi] Former People Power Party lawmaker Yoo Seung-min recently criticized ruling party figures over the controversy surrounding their 'sly rent hikes,' saying, "From Cho Kuk and Yoon Mee-hyang to the recent Kim Sang-jo and Park Joo-min, fairness and justice? To the eyes of young people, there has never been such disgusting hypocrisy."

On the 4th, Yoo pointed this out through Facebook, stating, "That is why the anger of youth is boiling over."

Yoo criticized, "Hardcore supporters of the Democratic Party are verbally disparaging young people in their 20s and 30s. There is nothing more foolish than insulting the public sentiment that has turned away."

He pointed out, "Young people in their 20s and 30s are the generation that suffered the greatest damage and pain due to the incompetence and hypocrisy of the Moon Jae-in administration," adding, "Although they overwhelmingly supported it in the last presidential election, they feel severely betrayed and thoroughly deceived."

Yoo criticized the Moon administration's income-led growth policy and real estate measures, saying, "Instead of providing good jobs, only tax-related part-time jobs were given," and "The dream of owning a home was taken away."

He then pointed out, "To such young people, the hypocrisy and lies of President Moon Jae-in and the regime's key figures are disgusting."

Yoo also continued his sharp criticism of Park Young-sun, the Democratic Party candidate for Seoul mayor.

He questioned, "What kind of empathy does a Democratic Party candidate have who talks about 'unmanned convenience stores' in front of a young person working part-time at a convenience store, and 'AI interpretation and translation' to a graduate student worried about employment in interpretation and translation?"

Earlier, on the 29th of last month, it was confirmed that former Blue House Policy Chief Kim Sang-jo raised the deposit on his apartment lease by 14.1% just before the enactment of the three lease laws, leading to his sudden resignation. Controversy also arose when Democratic Party lawmaker Park Joo-min was found to have raised apartment rents ahead of the passage of the three lease laws.

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