Jokook, Responding to 'Hypocrite' Criticism, Cites Joo Ho-young's Cartoon Saying "Is This How It Should Be?"

A panel from Kyunghyang Shinmun's 'Jangdori' posted by former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk on his Facebook on the 6th

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Choyoung] Former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk shared a cartoon satirizing Joo Ho-young, the floor leader of the People Power Party, who raised the jeonse deposit by 23%, and said, "Is this how one stops being a 'hypocrite'?"

In a panel from Kyunghyang Newspaper's 'Jangdori' posted on Cho's Facebook on the 6th, a figure presumed to be Floor Leader Joo says, "We honestly oppose tenant protection and create a landlord's world, living an honest life."

Earlier, on the 4th, Cho referred to Rep. Park Jumin of the Democratic Party of Korea lowering rent to renew a contract, stating, "The difference between the Democratic Party and the People Power Party is the difference between Park Jumin and Joo Ho-young."

He explained, "Park Jumin signed a new contract with a new tenant, lowering the deposit from 300 million won to 100 million won and raising the monthly rent by 9%. When criticized for raising it by more than 5%, he apologized," adding, "He resigned from his position in the Park Young-sun campaign and then signed a renewal contract reducing the monthly rent by 9%."

In response, Kim Geun-sik, head of the Vision Strategy Office of the People Power Party, said on the 5th, "Former Minister Cho deliberately ignores the core difference between Park Jumin and Joo Ho-young because he himself is the ultimate hypocrite in South Korea," and asserted, "The essential difference between Park Jumin and Joo Ho-young is whether one is a hypocrite or not."

Kim rebutted, "Park Jumin proposed and justified the law banning rent increases over 5% for jeonse and monthly rent, pushing it through, but before the law took effect, he showed the hypocritical truth by raising the rent on his own apartment by 9%. Joo Ho-young, on the other hand, signed contracts with new tenants before the 21st National Assembly convened and consistently opposed the forced passage of the 'Three Lease Laws,'" he said.

He added, "Turning a blind eye to one's own faults while only exposing others' mistakes?what we call 'naeronambul' (double standards)?has now become the official trademark of South Korea's false progressives, even certified by the National Election Commission. The Cho Kuk Defense Squad ignoring the couple's admission scandal and false hypocrisy while emphasizing only the prosecution reform scapegoat is the exact same tactic," he criticized.

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